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Spatial Promenades: Sequential Experiences in Space and Time

Roggenkamp, Chrystal R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1306499060

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2011, MDES, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Design.
Despite the sequential nature of space, environmental designers often employ a design process driven by static mediums explored as single frame images. This process produces concepts that remain inaccessible to users as they actually experience space—as mobile observers. This thesis explores narrative methodology as an effective means to bridge the gap between design process, representation, and experience. Like visual design, storytelling utilizes tangible elements to communicate intangible concepts through their application to sequences that unfold over time. In lieu of abstract theories that remain distinct from the physical experience, the application of narrative considerations—viewpoint, sequence, pacing, and metaphor—initiates an atypical approach to the creation of space. While static representations of buildings speak to the stationary observer at a non-human scale, applications of time-based concepts yield spatial experiences that speak to the mobile observer from a human perspective. Accordingly, narrative structure establishes itself as an effective apparatus in the design process to create resonant interactions between humans and their environments. Spatial experiences are essentially a series of static images set in motion to reveal and conceal elements over time, yielding dynamic progressions through space. The design process should, in response, aim to unite both single-frame notions and the sequential experience as an ever-changing spatial promenade.
Brian Davies, MA (Committee Chair)
Paul Zender, MFA (Committee Member)
51 p.
Design
narrative; architecture; interior design; film; sequence; space

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  • Roggenkamp, C. R. (2011). Spatial Promenades: Sequential Experiences in Space and Time [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1306499060

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Roggenkamp, Chrystal. Spatial Promenades: Sequential Experiences in Space and Time. 2011. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1306499060.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Roggenkamp, Chrystal. "Spatial Promenades: Sequential Experiences in Space and Time." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1306499060

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This open access ETD is published by University of Cincinnati and OhioLINK.