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De-Materializing the Boundary Between Architecture and Context

Stephenson, Matthew Frank
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179411768

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2007, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
The distinct static edge typical within architectural design is a result of a traditional reliance on barriers and the segregation of space to define form. This form, acting as the signifier of its conditions, is consistently considered in opposition to the context, thereby diminishing the ability of context to be a generator of architecture and form. By overlapping physical form, psychological boundaries, and conceptual processes, this thesis problematizes the separation of figure and ground. The occupiable thresholds that bridge figure and ground are revealed through the juxtaposition of public and private, interior and exterior, and existing and proposed conditions. This investigation of the space beneath Manhattan’s Brooklyn Bridge provides the opportunity to appropriate unclaimed space and question physical, conceptual, and psychological boundaries of the site and program. The formation of a space that resists the purity of a single condition is left to moderate between figure and ground, de-materializing any static barrier between the two.
Aarati Kanekar (Advisor)
47 p.
Architecture
Brooklyn Bridge; Manhattan; Context; De-materialization; edge condition; De-laminate

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  • Stephenson, M. F. (2007). De-Materializing the Boundary Between Architecture and Context [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179411768

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stephenson, Matthew. De-Materializing the Boundary Between Architecture and Context. 2007. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179411768.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stephenson, Matthew. "De-Materializing the Boundary Between Architecture and Context." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179411768

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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