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[Sense]Ability: An Inquiry Into the Reclamation of Means and Methods in Architecture

Shroyer, Noah
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459439349

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2016, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
Architecture of the digital age lacks appreciation as a constructed object. The digital design realm has enabled an obsession with surface and form in architecture while devaluing the most basic concepts of construction, structure, and detail. Material is often imposed on form, putting the very necessities of fabrication in conflict with the intended expression of the building. Essentially, the digital realm encourages a top-down formal emphasis while ignoring a bottom-up material approach. This thesis begins with a background inquiry of tectonics in architecture. Architecture, being a constructed work, can heighten experience through its own devices. Consequently, the fluid and precise digital modeling environment enables a formal obsession void of construction and material reality. Thus, theatricalization or mere spectacle can result from digital architecture. Means and methods of architecture are of vital importance to design solutions. Taking control of these devices bridges the gap between design intent and realization in a way that moves beyond mere spectacle. A thorough understanding and use of material and parametric sensibility ( [sense] + ability) is key in advancing digital architecture. Through the design of a wooden gridshell structure, material becomes a design parameter at the micro, meso, and macro levels. Using digital simulation and physical models, the elastic bending capacity of wood can then drive the formal expression of the structure, thereby blending the top-down formal ideology of digital design with that of a bottom-up material approach.
William Williams, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
Udo Greinacher, M.Arch. (Committee Member)
26 p.
Architecture
Tectonics; Means; Methods; Digital; Gridshell; Parametric

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  • Shroyer, N. (2016). [Sense]Ability: An Inquiry Into the Reclamation of Means and Methods in Architecture [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459439349

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Shroyer, Noah. [Sense]Ability: An Inquiry Into the Reclamation of Means and Methods in Architecture. 2016. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459439349.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Shroyer, Noah. "[Sense]Ability: An Inquiry Into the Reclamation of Means and Methods in Architecture." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459439349

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