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SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC ROLE OF ORNAMENT IN ARCHITECTURE

BOTHIREDDY, HARITHA
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179339778

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2007, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
The investigation on the shift in the role of ornament as a semantic and syntactic element in architecture focuses mainly on design processes of renowned architects Carlo Scarpa and Peter Eisenman. By critically analyzing the works of these two architects based on their treatment of ornament in the Brion Tomb and Aronoff Center for Art and Design respectively, this thesis will aim at defining the function of ornament based on the notion of ‘Re-membering’ and the importance of memory in representing architectural elements metaphorically. Exploration of these design processes will be developed on a site located at the intersection of Gilbert and William Taft Avenue in Cincinnati in which only a fragment of the demolished First Presbyterian church of Walnut Hills remains. Two continuous sites located in front of the church will be taken for the purposes of this study. Due to the church’s historical ties with the Lane Seminary, Underground Railroad and Harriet Beecher Stowe, a design of a park with follies will be developed in the first site that acts as a transition space linking the design of an auditorium building with a library located in the second site. The design will attempt to compare the methods used by Scarpa and Eisenman for creating form and ornament, as well as explore the relation of ornament to remembering.
George Bible (Advisor)
82 p.
Architecture
role of ornament; semantic and syntactic element; Carlo Scarpa; Brion Tomb; Aronoff Center for Art and Design; Peter Eisenman; Re-membering

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  • BOTHIREDDY, H. (2007). SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC ROLE OF ORNAMENT IN ARCHITECTURE [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179339778

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • BOTHIREDDY, HARITHA. SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC ROLE OF ORNAMENT IN ARCHITECTURE. 2007. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179339778.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • BOTHIREDDY, HARITHA. "SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC ROLE OF ORNAMENT IN ARCHITECTURE." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179339778

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