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Prolonging Architectural Design: How can Image Be Manipulated to Extend Vitality

McCain, Ian Carl

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2008, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
The term image is complex and full of personal interpretation and developed meaning. It is a loaded term; not necessarily a negative - it can be a positive, and at the very least surely should not be ignored. However, image in architecture can detract from the ongoing significance of a building. If the goal of architecture is to help us see in new ways, a building must resist an image association that is shallow and quickly grasped. There must be aspects of image that can make us want to experience a building again as architecture after our initial understanding and introduction to that building rather than just a destination. What makes us think of a building as architecture after we have a general understanding of that building? Can certain aspects of image be exploited to extend image and to create an ongoing architectural dialogue in a building?
Michael McInturf (Committee Chair)
Rebecca Williamson (Committee Co-Chair)
77 p.

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  • McCain, I. C. (2008). Prolonging Architectural Design: How can Image Be Manipulated to Extend Vitality [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212067831

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McCain, Ian. Prolonging Architectural Design: How can Image Be Manipulated to Extend Vitality. 2008. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212067831.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McCain, Ian. "Prolonging Architectural Design: How can Image Be Manipulated to Extend Vitality." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212067831

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)