Search for dissertations about: "narrative dissertation architecture"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words narrative dissertation architecture.
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1. The Architectural Metaphor : Textual Models in Spatial Construction
Abstract : The dissertation concerns the concept of model withinarchitecture, and elaborates particular uses in this field,where modelling is a heuristic process aiming at invention anddiscovery. Methodologically, this is made by introducing thecomparative concepts of metaphor and narrative. READ MORE
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2. Utopology : A Re-Interrogation of the Utopian in Architecture
Abstract : Utopia – the word is simultaneously evocative of hope and dread. As a concept it is stupendously problematic, and yet despite its alleged passing into irrelevance, utopia still remains a household word. Why is this so?Utopia has been reduced to a category. We place a solution in the category of the utopian or, conversely, the not-utopian. READ MORE
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3. Ramble, linger and gaze
Abstract : Ramble, linger, and gaze explores a method of architecturalresearch based on narrative dialogue and examines the gardentheories and literary garden representations of ThomasWhately (Observations on Modern gardening 1770) and JosephHeely (Letters on the Beauties of Hagley, Envil, and theLeasowes 1777). The thesis has the form of a narrated dialoguebetween these two writers and the narrator, and it is situatedat Hagley Park, Worchestershire, England. READ MORE
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4. Hustadt, Inshallah : Learning from a participatory art project in a trans-local neighbourhood
Abstract : My PhD dissertation investigates relationships between contemporary art and spatial practices It emphasising the creation of platforms for public participation as interventions into urban regeneration processes. The project has two essential objectives: a. READ MORE
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5. The Social Roles of Buildings : An Account of Materiality and Meaning in Urban Outcomes
Abstract : The dissertation explores the roles of buildings in urban social life. Buildings, as both a methodological tool and a research site, are valuable for understanding society. As a method, buildings allow access to various urban contexts. READ MORE