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Untitled: (The White House Complex)

KOOGLER, ADAM JAMES
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212162654

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2008, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
The late-capitalist society is driven not by production but consumption,not the material but the digital, not services. Within this system, every aspect of culture is subjugated to capitalism's doctrine, even art. Of all of the arts, architecture is the most directly dependent upon these external forces. Many theorists and practitioners have addressed this obligatory relationship, forming two major camps: those that reject the external and those that willingly embrace it. However, both sides still conceive of architecture as an object, an image, or a spectacle, making the debate futile. Thus, the process of commodification continues to compromise architecture. In opposition to the monological force of commodification are “fields,” inclusive conditions capable of accommodating architecture's need for an “autonomous ideology,” as well as society's desire for a “cultural commodity,” compromising neither. Is it possible that in considering architecture as a “field condition,” this atrophied debate could be avoided, enabling a return to an architecture of performance rather than appearance? The most fertile ground in which to explore the deflection of market forces is America's greatest landmark, a capitalistic icon, The White House Complex.
George Thomas Bible (Committee Chair)
Rebecca Williamson (Committee Co-Chair)
121 p.
Architecture
commodification; white house; image; object; spectacle; after theory; field condition; stan allen; jean baudrillard; washington d.c.

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  • KOOGLER, A. J. (2008). Untitled: (The White House Complex) [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212162654

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • KOOGLER, ADAM. Untitled: (The White House Complex). 2008. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212162654.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • KOOGLER, ADAM. "Untitled: (The White House Complex)." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212162654

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