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SENSITIVE MATERIAL
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KRIVANKA, SARAH M
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179208847
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Year and Degree
2007, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
Abstract
Architecture has to be a sensual and intelligent medium, otherwise it's just boring. Jacques Herzog Quantification – of time, commodities, and production – embodies the culture of modern society. Yet the concept of quality, a description of atmosphere, remains vital to human experience. Interpretations of place – physical, intellectual, or emotional – depend upon perceptions. As described by Juhani Pallasmaa, architecture, through mediation by the senses, "is the art of reconciliation between ourselves and the world." In a consumerist society ripe with virtual and visual stimuli, environments often lack the qualities necessary to provoke multi-sensory experiences. This thesis specifically considers materiality as a critical investigation for connection to humanity, relating to culture and the body. It analyzes designs that innovate through materiality, defining several modes of intervention: atmosphere and episode, material manipulation, and serial production, for application to a natatorium in a Cleveland, Ohio suburb. Specific moments that are sensitive to atmosphere and effect choreograph movement through experience, providing relevant and stimulating engagement.
Committee
Aarati Kanekar (Advisor)
Pages
52 p.
Subject Headings
Architecture
Keywords
material manipulation
;
sensorial experience
;
effect
;
suburban natatorium
;
episode
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KRIVANKA, S. M. (2007).
SENSITIVE MATERIAL
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179208847
APA Style (7th edition)
KRIVANKA, SARAH.
SENSITIVE MATERIAL.
2007. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179208847.
MLA Style (8th edition)
KRIVANKA, SARAH. "SENSITIVE MATERIAL." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179208847
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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