Traces of Time: Urban Palimpsest and Transformations

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Tomas B. Fernandez

Document Type

Thesis Prep

Degree

B. ARCH

Date

Fall 2001

Keywords

urban, time, adaptation, identity, Lisbon, Portugal, library design, library

Language

English

Disciplines

Architecture

Description/Abstract

"I contend that the city is a deeply scored palimpsest that through specific natural, social, and cultural changes reveals its traces of permanence and temporality; therefore, to create in the urban realm is to respond to these vestiges of time through decoding and transformation, as if one was gently manipulating the genome of the city."

Recommended Citation

Fernandez, Tomas B., "Traces of Time: Urban Palimpsest and Transformations" (2001). Architecture Thesis Prep. 154.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/154

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