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Archi[tech]: Materializing Immaterial Data Streams
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Popa, John C.
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Year and Degree
2014, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
Abstract
The rapid development of digital media technology is changing social, cultural, and economic interaction from the traditional “space of place,” or material world, to the immaterial “space of flows,” undermining the traditional ways in which public space creates a dynamic relationship with visitors. This mutation from material to immaterial is deteriorating public space and its ability to manifest the connections among users, public space, and programmatic processes. This thesis proposes a direct response to the dematerialization of the space of communication through the innovative interaction of the space of flows (specifically crowd sourced social media inputs) with the space of place (Pittsburgh’s Market Square). As a piece of public architecture this hybrid spatial condition will act as a cultural and social bridge between the immaterial and material. The design of this thesis will utilize communication and information from current Social Media sites (Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare) to create and dynamically modify a set of architectural interventions. A dynamic conversation between the visitors and the space will be driven by constant information flows and responses. The dynamic dialogue will embrace temporality and constant change, common characteristics of the virtual realm, in order to intensify public activities, dialogues, and connections in the material world.
Committee
John Eliot Hancock, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
Michael McInturf, M.Arch. (Committee Member)
Pages
77 p.
Subject Headings
Architecture
Keywords
Data Stream
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Social Media
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Immaterial
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dynamic architecture
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Popa, J. C. (2014).
Archi[tech]: Materializing Immaterial Data Streams
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1397734789
APA Style (7th edition)
Popa, John.
Archi[tech]: Materializing Immaterial Data Streams.
2014. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1397734789.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Popa, John. "Archi[tech]: Materializing Immaterial Data Streams." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1397734789
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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Archi[tech]: Materializing Immaterial Data Streams by John C. Popa is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
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