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The Changing Domestic Architecture of Kathmandu Valley

Singh, Ashna
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1553516667916301

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2019, MSARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, which is a small mountainous country that lies tucked between India and China in South Asia, has had a rich heritage of vernacular architecture - with brick walls, intricate wooden lattice windows and doors, and clay tile roofs. The vernacular architecture is historically important and gives the place its architectural identity. However, in recent years building culture has shifted towards the contemporary construction method of Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) Construction. With the earthquake of April 2015, and the destruction of millions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure, people are now more than ever inclined to build in RCC as the new construction caters to the new needs of the people; The RCC constructions also allow openness and inclusion of new spaces that the traditional forms would have otherwise hindered. The new construction is also very heavily influenced by the global modernization phenomenon, where especially developing countries, like Nepal, find themselves in the middle of the pull of the modern and developed world versus the need to be rooted and further the historic way of life and its association with the character of the country, its identity, and its uniqueness. The purpose of this thesis is to explore a possible middle ground where the best of both could be incorporated.
Jeffrey Tilman, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Thomas Bible, M.C.E. (Committee Member)
83 p.
Architecture
Vernacular Architecture; Seismic; Kathmandu; Earthquake

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  • Singh, A. (2019). The Changing Domestic Architecture of Kathmandu Valley [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1553516667916301

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Singh, Ashna. The Changing Domestic Architecture of Kathmandu Valley. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1553516667916301.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Singh, Ashna. "The Changing Domestic Architecture of Kathmandu Valley." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1553516667916301

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