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Jewish Space

Narron, Callie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337949798

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2012, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
Newly emerging in the field of Judaic Studies is the study of Jewish Space. With interdisciplinary leanings in the area of cultural studies and architecture, Jewish Space is a concept that can be explained as “spatial environments in which Jewish things happen.” This is contrasted with the concept of Jewish Place, which is primarily geographic in nature. Jewish Space occurs where Jewish traditions are lived and performed. Unlike creating a built work from a set of drawings as we do today, Jewish Space is unique in that these environments are textual in origin. Instructions are found in written form and manifest in spatial production as Torah is observed. This project examines this concept architecturally within the Israeli context. As this transformation takes place from text, to lived, to built; certain reoccurring themes emerge. Firstly, Hebrew scripture creates a dichotomy between two symbolic landscapes: Desert and City. Next, time and space negotiate as issues of temporality cause actual spaces, as well as ideas about space, to appropriate and establish identity. Within these larger themes, a great deal of concern surrounds the flux of boundaries between public and private, and sacred and profane domains. These themes are examined through different practices of Judaism, primarily the Sukkah, a temporary dwelling constructed as part of the feast of Sukkot; the constructed works of the tabernacle and temples; and the urban space of the Eruv, a rabbinical act that extends the realm of private space on Shabbat. This project culminates in the design of an Absorption Center for new Israeli immigrants. The research behind this work draws from my own experiences as an immigrant to Israel, and a series of articles written by Jewish and Israeli architects with the intent of learning how to create an architecture that facilitates the production of Israeli Jewish Space.
George Bible, MCiv.Eng (Committee Chair)
Aarati Kanekar, PhD (Committee Member)
115 p.
Architecture
Jewish Space; Sukkah; Eruv; Israeli Architecture; lived space; Jewish Topographies;

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  • Narron, C. (2012). Jewish Space [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337949798

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Narron, Callie. Jewish Space. 2012. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337949798.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Narron, Callie. "Jewish Space." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337949798

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