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sites for sight: Another projection for the surface of contemporary architecture

CRAWFORD, AARON
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1053376672

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2003, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning : Architecture.
Although architecture's aim is the production of stationary structures, its third dimension accommodates subject movement, which differentiates it from other art forms. Traditionally, motion has been understood as something added to form after design by the subject’s physical and optical trajectories. However, certain contemporary architects propose that motion be encapsulated in form through animation. This thesis submits that architecture can embrace motion only when continuous movement characterizes the design and experience of form.Through the design of a photography studio, the project examines stationary architecture's capacity for movement. By highlighting perceptual fluctuation inherent in the viewing of representations, the project suggests that movement in architecture can be conceived as an ongoing exchange between form and subject. From its hilltop site in Cincinnati, Ohio, the design mediates the relationship between subject and view, acting as an interface between physical and projective movement.
Aarati Kenekar (Advisor)
39 p.
Architecture
topological surfaces; motion and architecture; photography; transparency: literal and phenomenal; animate form

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  • CRAWFORD, A. (2003). sites for sight: Another projection for the surface of contemporary architecture [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1053376672

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • CRAWFORD, AARON. sites for sight: Another projection for the surface of contemporary architecture. 2003. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1053376672.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • CRAWFORD, AARON. "sites for sight: Another projection for the surface of contemporary architecture." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1053376672

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