Defining Maximalism: Understanding Minimalism,
2013
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Defining Maximalism: Understanding Minimalism, Patrick Templeton
Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses
As little more than a buzz-word, maximalism has circulated around architectural discourses over the past decade. To illuminate the implications of the term and to explore its potential, this research explores minimalism in art and architecture to establish a foundation for a reciprocal definition for maximalism.
Fun-Ctional Mega-Structure: A Formula For What Is Beyond Necessities In East Asian Cities,
2013
Syracuse University
Fun-Ctional Mega-Structure: A Formula For What Is Beyond Necessities In East Asian Cities, Sooji Jung
Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All
No abstract provided.
From Ashes To Architecture: Memorialization At Buchenwald Concentration Camp,
2013
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
From Ashes To Architecture: Memorialization At Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Sara Elyse Kaplan
Graduate Research Symposium (2010 - 2017)
Buchenwald concentration camp, located in Weimar, Germany, was a place of suffering, cruelty and death during World War II and during the first five years of the cold war. As many were tortured and perished there, it has since become a place of remembrance. Being one of the few concentration camps to not be destroyed by the Nazis before they could be liberated, since its final closure in 1950 numerous memorials have been erected to commemorate the events that took place and the people who fell victim to those events. Following several theorists four of the memorials at Buchenwald are …
Crooked And Narrow Streets,
2013
Otterbein University
Crooked And Narrow Streets, Amy Johnson
Art Faculty Scholarship
In The Crooked and Narrow Streets of the Town of Boston (1920), historian and social reformer Annie Haven Thwing documents the development of Boston's streets in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. She illustrates her text with stock photographs depicting these ancient alleys lined with nineteenth-century tenement buildings. This juxtaposition of colonial and modern Boston through text and image privileges the city as a historical site, significantly doing so at a time when Bostonians were grappling with the concerns of twentieth-century urbanism, such as overcrowding, urban reform, and historic preservation.
A Nation In Its Prime: A Pentadic Study Of Walt Disney World's Main Street, U.S.A.,
2013
Liberty University
A Nation In Its Prime: A Pentadic Study Of Walt Disney World's Main Street, U.S.A., Casey Guise
Masters Theses
The purpose of this paper is to consider the entrance to Walt Disney World, Main Street, U.S.A., as a rhetorical text and apply Kenneth Burke's dramatistic pentad. Background is provided on rhetorical theory and The Disney Company. Meanings are derived from messages interpreted using semiotics and symbolic interaction within the location. The significance of Main Street, U.S.A., as a replica of historic architecture and an illustration of revival architecture in creating emotive messages is discussed. Further discussion includes the implications of this study on corporations and the field of rhetorical studies in addition to suggestions for further research.
Neutra's Pedagogic Designs,
2013
Technological University Dublin
Neutra's Pedagogic Designs, Sarah Sheridan
Conference papers
Richard J. Neutra’s seminal model schools are generally disregarded in critical literature, yet the underlying preoccupations were significant. Based on exploration of contemporary themes in medicine, education and architecture, one favoured preoccupation of Neutra’s is nature. He concludes that its potency is manifold, suggesting that exposing children to nature in an experiential way could contribute to their health, well-being and education. His model school design became the idea manifest, placing particular responsibilities on the form to achieve these ideals. However interrogation of Neutra’s forms in context reveals a lingering sense that the ideals are not always achieved. Neutra suggests particular …
The Territory Of The Edge: History, Planning, And New York City's “Sixth Borough”,
2013
New York University
The Territory Of The Edge: History, Planning, And New York City's “Sixth Borough”, Steven Thomas Moga
Landscape Studies: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Sen No Rikyū And The Japanese Way Of Tea: Ethics And Aesthetics Of The Everyday,
2013
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sen No Rikyū And The Japanese Way Of Tea: Ethics And Aesthetics Of The Everyday, Rumiko Handa
Architecture Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity
Sen no Rikyū (1522-1591) was a tea master who consecutively served Japan’s two warlords in the turbulent feudal era. Rikyū synthesized wabi tea into ethics and aesthetics by applying it to every aspect of the ceremony, from the tea setting to the physical environment, and from the manner of making and drinking tea to the way of interacting with the environment. By producing artifacts and environments that clearly showcased the incomplete, imperfect, and impermanent nature of their physical aspects, Rikyū succeeded in guiding tea participants to the ontological contemplation of their own imperfect and transient existence. Henri Lefebvre (1901- 1991) …
“Rationalization Takes Command: Zeilenbau And The Politics Of Ciam,” Excerpt From Building Culture: Ernst May And The New Frankfurt Initiative, 1926-1931,
2013
Syracuse University
“Rationalization Takes Command: Zeilenbau And The Politics Of Ciam,” Excerpt From Building Culture: Ernst May And The New Frankfurt Initiative, 1926-1931, Susan R. Henderson
School of Architecture - All Scholarship
Chapter seven, of Building Culture,"Rationalization Takes Command: Zeilenbau and the Politics of CIAM," addresses the New Frankfurt housing and settlement initiative at the onset of the depression of 1929. The shift into decline, saw some initiatives completed, others stifled, and new ones emerge. Thus the 1929 CIAM Congress held in Frankfurt began with performances of experimental music, poetry and dance, and ended with the consecration of the existence minimum as the new housing standard. Meanwhile, Ernst May pushed forward with a revised housing strategy based on the minimal dwelling, the existence minimum, and the superblock (Zeilenbau). The CIAM Congress …
Korbel Sawmill Research Notes,
2013
Cal Poly Humboldt
Korbel Sawmill Research Notes, Susie Van Kirk
Susie Van Kirk Papers
No abstract provided.
Geddes Town Hall School House,
2013
Eastern Michigan University
Geddes Town Hall School House, Sarah Marsom
Historic Preservation Final Projects
The Geddes Town Hall School House located on Eastern Michigan University's campus is representative of the rural education, locally and nationally. Since the Geddes Town Hall School House was moved to Eastern Michigan University, it has been used intermittently by professor's to host classes and to teach children about the history of schools. By creating brochures and an activity booklet about the Geddes Town Hall School House, interested individuals can learn about both the history of the structure and one-room school houses in general. Currently, the only passive interpretation of the Geddes Town Hall School House are the following: the …
The Lighting Upgrade: Reducing Light Damage In Historic Houses,
2013
Eastern Michigan University
The Lighting Upgrade: Reducing Light Damage In Historic Houses, Elaine Barone
Historic Preservation Final Projects
No abstract provided.
Hewitt House: A Reinterpretation,
2013
Eastern Michigan University
Hewitt House: A Reinterpretation, Erik M. Krogol
Historic Preservation Final Projects
No abstract provided.
The John Brown Stone Warehouse Fort Wayne, Indiana A.K.A. The Canal House National Register Of Historic Places,
2013
Eastern Michigan University
The John Brown Stone Warehouse Fort Wayne, Indiana A.K.A. The Canal House National Register Of Historic Places, Creager Smith
Historic Preservation Final Projects
No abstract provided.
The New Woman's Home, Excerpt From Building Culture: Ernst May And The New Frankfurt Initiative, 1926-1931,
2013
Syracuse University
The New Woman's Home, Excerpt From Building Culture: Ernst May And The New Frankfurt Initiative, 1926-1931, Susan R. Henderson
School of Architecture - All Scholarship
Chapter three of Building Culture, “The New Woman’s Home. Kitchens, Laundry, Furnishings,” discusses household culture and modernization. It begins with the Frankfurt Kitchen and its designer, Grete Lihotzky, and continues with a discussion of electricity and the architect Adolf Meyer, and its expansion with the example of the electric laundries in the Frankfurt settlements. The next segment is a discussion of new furniture design, small, inexpensive furniture that was an essential partner to contemporary small house design and was avidly researched in the Frankfurt offices. Designers here include Kramer, Cetto and Schuster.
Feasibility Of Reconstructing Decommissioned Urban Schools: Emphasis Private Involvement,
2012
Purdue University
Feasibility Of Reconstructing Decommissioned Urban Schools: Emphasis Private Involvement, George J. Spinaris, Ra
Purdue Polytechnic Masters Theses
Decommissioned urban schools in the United States have become a problem despite well-intentioned efforts of federal, state and local authorities to reconstruct them. The challenge to school districts, superintendants, local and state authorities is threefold – one arising from the education policy and declining student enrollment. The second challenge is due to inadequate funds for maintenance and renovation of existing facilities. The third from the architectural point of view stemming from an architectural and technological modernity to avoid not so much the possibility of urban sprawl but possible clash of community interests. Urban Sprawl is defined as “The unplanned, …
Behaviors And Perceptions Concerning Online Nutrition Information Among Young Adult Midwest University Students,
2012
Indiana State University
Behaviors And Perceptions Concerning Online Nutrition Information Among Young Adult Midwest University Students, Brenda Moeckly
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Sir Walter Scott And Kenilworth Castle: Ruins Restored By Historical Imagination,
2012
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sir Walter Scott And Kenilworth Castle: Ruins Restored By Historical Imagination, Rumiko Handa
Architecture Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity
This is a study of how the architectural ruins of Kenilworth Castle contributed to the historical imagination of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) and how he forged their literary restoration. The castle, located between Warwick and Coventry, was first constructed in the early twelfth century by Geoffrey de Clinton, the royal chamberlain to King Henry I (r. 1100-1135). Major additions were made by King Henry II (r. 1154-1189); King John (r. 1199-1216); John of Gaunt (1340-1399), son of King Edward III and Duke of Lancaster; and Robert Dudley (1532-1588), Earl of Leicester. The castle played a number of important roles throughout …
Are The Mara Salvatrucha And 18th Street Gangs A Threat To Our National Security,
2012
Indiana State University
Are The Mara Salvatrucha And 18th Street Gangs A Threat To Our National Security, José A. Ortiz
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
The American Shotgun House: A Study Of Its Evolution And The Enduring Presence Of The Vernacular In American Architecture,
2012
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
The American Shotgun House: A Study Of Its Evolution And The Enduring Presence Of The Vernacular In American Architecture, Lillian Mcrae
Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses
This thesis investigates the evolution of the American shotgun house through plans, elevations and photographs to define the formal, architectural differences and similarities between contemporary shotgun houses of the 21st century and the traditional, historic shotgun houses of the late 19th and 20th centuries. More specifically, this study will explore whether or not the once distinct, vernacular shotgun house still exists as a vernacular housing type in its contemporary construction. Part one of the research process reviews the historic past of the shotgun house and determines the characteristics that compose the traditional, vernacular shotgun houses built in the United States …
