Embassy of Cuba in Washington, DC: Image, Site, Program

dc.contributor.advisorWilliams, Isaacen_US
dc.contributor.authorFishman, Ian Cen_US
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-10-11T05:52:37Z
dc.date.available2008-10-11T05:52:37Z
dc.date.issued2008-08-11en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis postulates the design of an official Embassy of Cuba in Washington, DC, following the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries. An embassy serves as its state's proxy image and public interface within the host country. The research and analysis in this thesis explores how the image, program, and site of an embassy can be used as instruments of policy to promote the representing nation's political and social agenda. The program of the Embassy of Cuba is modeled after existing embassies. Many such buildings succeed in generating social capital by encouraging public activity within and around their sites as well as fostering both local and global connections. In addition to accommodating the administrative functions of diplomacy, great embassies encourage cultural exchange. A major goal of this thesis is to adapt the embassy program to a uniquely Cuban arrangement and use of space.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/8608
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledembassyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCubaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWashington, DCen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledarchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddiplomacyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpolicyen_US
dc.titleEmbassy of Cuba in Washington, DC: Image, Site, Programen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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