Transformations in Bhaktapur

Masters Thesis set in a World Heritage City in Nepal.

Date1994
CommitteeDagmar Richter, Chair
AffiliationUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Bhaktapur, Nepal.

Transformations uses modern design processes such as abstraction, mapping and transformation to re-define critical regionalism in architecture. The site is in the center of Bhaktapur, a carefully restored village and World Heritage Site. A new program proposes the insertion of a crafts center and library into a prominant urban square.