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The Allopoiesis Of The Artifact, Cristina Abondano
The Allopoiesis Of The Artifact, Cristina Abondano
Architecture Thesis Prep
This thesis contends that Urban Artifacts of Pathological Permanence, as defined by Aldo Rossi, are dead not only because of the inability of their form to allow for a new use, but because of other multiple variables. Being born with a disadvantageous Form is only the beginning of a series of possible illnesses; which flourish out of the vulnerability caused by the death of the political idea that brought forth the Urban Artifact’s Form in its original conception. The death of the political idea leaves the Urban Artifact with a dubious raison d’etre. The Form has then to be able …
The Ottoman Han: Recovery Of A Lost Typology, Asli Germirli
The Ottoman Han: Recovery Of A Lost Typology, Asli Germirli
Architecture Thesis Prep
This thesis will focus on the architectural interventions for the 17th century structure of Buyuk Valide Han. The project will be shaped through the multiple lenses of Critical Regionalism, urban planning, conservation and sustainability. The aim is to add value to the Hans District and to revive the commercial and cultural identity through the preservation of the older structures and the introduction of modern architecture.
Big Urban Things, Nathan Geller
Big Urban Things, Nathan Geller
Architecture Thesis Prep
This project has evolved from an interest in architecture’s role and impact in the city, as well as a developing interest in the philosophy of Object Oriented Ontology. As a way to explore these interests, this project is about contextualizing Bigness through the writings of Graham Harman.
Fields In Fields, Or Infinite Space, Joshua Graham
Fields In Fields, Or Infinite Space, Joshua Graham
Architecture Thesis Prep
I contend that the Field is important and
worth examining because it values the
“Typical” as a means of generating the
atypical, to borrow the term from Koolhaas.
This condition of “typical-ness” can criticized
for its repetition or sameness, however it is
only because of this repetition and sameness
that differences, mistakes, slips can emerge!
Therefore, I will begin with fields. I will
collect them. I will read about them. I will try
to diagram them. I will rescale them. I will
combine them. I will use images to make new
fields; reimagine territories.
Simultaneous City, Robert George Little
Simultaneous City, Robert George Little
Architecture Thesis Prep
"The description of something happening, often of significance, can be understood by the word ‘event.’ I am not interested in the notion of a large gathering with cocktails and food on toothpicks; instead the kind of event that shapes the city. Since the beginning of man’s conscious creation of the built environment, there has been a combative relationship between the human and physical world. “There is no architecture without action, no architecture without events, no architecture without program. By extension, there is no architecture without violence.” Bernard Tschumi discusses notions of event in his essay “Violence of Architecture.” He describes …