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Marchman, Granger Hansell 1962. "Architectural displacements : the supplemental condition of site and architecture." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22346.

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Olshavsky, Peter. "Questions concerning architectural machines: or 'pataphysics in early modern architecture." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=110410.

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The primary contention of this study is that there are ways to orient architecture other than technological concerns. By studying the nature of architectural machines and their changes through history, their reduction to instrumental and aesthetic concerns is shown to be problematic. These aspects have dominated architectural thinking and making since modernity; however, this history also shows the limits and possibilities of these technological concerns. But modernism has not been homogeneous. During this period, the literary and theatrical works of Alfred Jarry and his science of pataphysics offered a significant approach to engage and resist the machine. His work challenged technological practices through the machine itself. I explore this relative to the human will, knowledge, and creative practices. Modernist architectural machines by Pierre Chareau, Eileen Gray, and Paul Nelson are then studied with respect to this intentionality. Ultimately, these works attempted in various ways to reconcile poetics and ethics in the design of pataphysical machines for living in.
La thèse principale de cette étude est qu'il existe d'autres façons d'orienter l'architecture en dehors des préoccupations technologiques. Par l'étude de la nature et les modifications aux machines architecturales dans l'histoire, leur réduction à des préoccupations instrumentales et esthétiques se révèle être problématique. Puisque la modernité, ces aspects ont dominé le domaine de l'architecture. Cependant, cette histoire montre aussi les limites et les possibilités de ces préoccupations technologiques. Mais le modernisme n'est pas homogène. Durant cette période, les œuvres littéraires et théâtrales d'Alfred Jarry et sa science de la pataphysique offre une approche profonde à s'engager et à résister à la machine. Son travail défit pratiques technologiques à travers la machine elle-même. L'étude explore ce rapport à la volonté, la connaissance humaine et des pratiques créatives. Cette intentionnalité est également découverte et étudiée dans certaines machines architecturales modernistes de Pierre Chareau, Eileen Gray, et Paul Nelson. Finalement, tous ces «solutions imaginaires» tentative de réconcilier la poétique et l'éthique en la conception de machines pataphysiques à habiter.
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Boyacıoğlu, Bilgen Erkarslan Özlem. "The construction of turkish modern architecture in architectural history writing/." [s.l.]: [s.n.], 2003. http://library.iyte.edu.tr/tezler/master/mimarlik/T000289.rar.

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Dean, Penelope. "Delivery without discipline architecture in the age of design /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1779835461&sid=6&Fmt=2&clientId=48051&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Li, Zeyu. "Architecture for modern transportation." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/86886.

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One's way of travel dictates one's perception of the surroundings; People's mode of transportation has also evolved greatly throughout the ages. From foot traffic to carriages, to cars and trains, we tend to travel in faster paces, on increasingly linear paths, and with less freedom to wander. In my opinion, it is starting to become difficult to appeal to this emerging group of moving spectators with traditional ways of building. In my thesis, I explore ways to design buildings that focus on creating perspectival images for the moving spectators who are traveling on modern transportation.
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Paek, Seung-Han. "Korean Commercial Architecture: An Alternative Narrative of Modern Architecture." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1218735985.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Cincinnati, 2008.
Advisors: Nnamdi Elleh (Committee Chair), Patrick Snadon (Committee Member), Kimberly Paice (Committee Member). Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Apr. 18, 2010). Includes abstract. Keywords: Korean Commercial Architecture; Alternative Narrative; Modern Architecture; Everyday Life; Modernity. Includes bibliographic references.
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Nicolosi, Danielle. "Modern Trends in Resort Architecture." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/559314.

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Vleck, Treena Marie. "Aldo Rossi: From Modern to Post-Modern Architecture, 1960-1990." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504113/.

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The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the stylistic development of the Italian architect Aldo Rossi from Modern to Post-Modern design. A summary of the Modern architectural movement is presented along with an analysis of the developments in Post-Modern architecture since 1960. The influence of Italian culture on Rossi's career is discussed through a brief survey of Ancient Roman archetypal motifs and Italian architecture of the early 20th century. Several key buildings proposed or constructed by Rossi from 1960-1990 are discussed based on his concepts of analogy, typology, morphology and rationalism.
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Huang, Y. C. "Architecture, space and national identity : modern architecture in Taiwan (1895-2008)." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2011. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1322703/.

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The Taiwanese people have suffered severe challenges and several changes to their national imaginations and cultural identifications during the country’s period of modernisation since the late 19th century. In particular, following the political liberalisation process in the 1990s, nationalism and national identity has become a rising and controversial issue in Taiwanese society. This thesis explores the relations between architectural production and the formation of national identity in Taiwan’s modernisation history. By putting Taiwan and its people as the research subjects, this thesis examines how different political authorities propagandised the imagined communities and promoted national identities to people through architectural production and disciplined spaces. Influenced by ideas derived from semiotics and postcolonialism, this research sees the formation of national identity as a signification process in creating myths, and as a power struggle between the authority and the people. Architecture, as the symbolic representation of national identity, needs other cultural references and discursive narratives to gain its meanings; and, as the spatial construction of national identity, it also needs functional programmes and social contexts to discipline people’s living and activities. By exposing the power structure of the signification process and the spatial administration, this research de-mystifies the authenticity of national identity. Based on different power authorities that dominated the construction of national identity, this thesis explores four national identities and imaginations which appeared in Taiwan from 1895 to 2008: first is colonial identity under Japanese colonisation; second is Chinese identity under the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) administration; third is the prevalence of the American influenced modernist ideology; and fourth is the rise of Taiwanese nationalism. This thesis thus undertakes a comprehensive historical examination of how the state powers manipulated national imaginations and constructed national identities through architectural production and people’s daily lives.
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Hendershot, David Lee. "Architecture, meaning, narrative." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23174.

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Burniat, Patrick. "Le plan libre, syncrétisme de la modernité corbuséenne: essai de clarification du concept de plan libre dans l'oeuvre architectural de Le Corbusier." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210512.

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Le sujet de la thèse —la clarification du concept de plan libre dans l’œuvre architectural de Le Corbusier— s’inscrit dans un cadre général de recherches portant sur les modes de conception architecturale en contexte de modernité. Cette préoccupation prend comme horizon la compréhension des processus qui servent l’architecture comme construction d’idées et qui permettent d’en articuler les différentes phases, depuis l’amont des intentions exprimées par le concepteur, jusqu’à l’aval des expressions prises par la solution, en passant par les moyens qui, précisément, permettent d’articuler une pensée abstraite à un objet concret. C’est un champ d’interrogation qui s’appuie sur le constat d’un double déficit disciplinaire :l’intérêt général porté aux formes de l’architecture plutôt qu’aux processus qui les ont fait naître ;l’absence de vocabulaire réellement partagé des concepts utilisés par la discipline, ce qui forme, dans l’un et l’autre cas, “obstacles” à la connaissance de l’architecture et à son enseignement.

A cet égard, le concept de plan libre occupe une position de choix. Célèbre « mot-force » du manifeste corbuséen de 1927 —« Les Cinq points d’une nouvelle architecture »—, devenu un concept central —mais aussi “nomade”— de l’historiographie de l’architecture moderne, il se trouve donc à l’articulation des questions relatives à la modernité et à la conception. De plus, une simple confrontation de sa définition originale, tant à l’œuvre de Le Corbusier qu’à l’historiographie du Mouvement Moderne, révèle la polysémie du concept et, en particulier, les ambiguïtés et paradoxes que suscitent sa double interprétation :comme “modèle d’organisation spatiale” d’une part et comme “intention libératoire” de l’autre, au point qu’elle laisse le chercheur perplexe à l’égard de ce qu’en l’état, un tel concept peut bien apporter à la connaissance de l’architecture.

Pour surmonter ces difficultés d’interprétations, deux hypothèses sont proposées.

La première envisage le plan libre comme mode opératoire de “libre” conception propre à Le Corbusier. La seconde renvoie à la construction discursive du plan libre comme oxymore, c’est-à-dire comme figure de rhétorique qui, en associant deux termes de sens contraires, construit un ou plusieurs sens nouveaux.

En conclusion, leur vérification conduit à interpréter le plan libre comme mode spécifique de conception —qui assure tout autant l’autonomie du créateur que la fertilité du processus de création—, lui-même basé sur un processus récurrent de “mises en tension” et de recherches de nouveaux “équilibres” :du regard dialogique que Le Corbusier porte sur le monde —en particulier sur le processus de modernisation— à l’expression duale qu’il donne à ses compositions. Au final, cette double optique fonde notre interprétation du plan libre comme syncrétisme de la modernité corbuséenne. Elle se valide également comme clés de lecture particulièrement riches pour la compréhension de l’oeuvre corbuséenne et des processus de conception qui l’animent.

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Tout au long des chapitres de l’étude, nous nous sommes attaché à interroger le concept de plan libre au-delà des compréhensions conventionnelles et “familières” qu’on pouvait en avoir de prime abord, à savoir :d’une part, le plan libre comme “modèle d’organisation spatiale” —défini par opposition au “plan paralysé”—et, d’autre part, le plan libre comme “intention libératoire”, lequel marque un large désir d’émancipation, en particulier —sans y être restreint— à l’égard des pratiques académiques. Dès le premier chapitre en effet, nous avions montré que ces premières définitions “communes” du plan libre —clairement identifiables tant dans l’œuvre corbuséenne que dans les instrumentalisations dont il fut l’objet par la critique spécialisée— formaient “obstacles”, dans ces deux champs, à une claire compréhension de ce qu’il pouvait signifier.

Bien que l’on ne puisse douter de la validité des définitions proposées par Le Corbusier lui-même, nous avons dû relever à leur égard un certain nombre d’ambiguïtés ou de contresens qui nous obligeaient à questionner ces termes au-delà de ce qu’on y voit habituellement. De la sorte, nous mettions aussi en évidence qu’il n’y avait pas, dans le concept de plan libre, un, mais bien deux “niveaux de libération” à identifier :d’une part, un mouvement d’émancipation de la nouvelle architecture à l’égard de tout ce qui pouvait, de manière hétéronome, “préformer” sa conception ;d’autre part, une liberté interne au système mis en place, assurant à l’auteur de projet la mise à disposition de moyens innovants et permettant la « permanente mise à l’épreuve » (A. Rivkin) de l’architecture face aux conditions changeantes du projet.

Ces différentes observations nous invitaient à approfondir la réflexion et, surtout, à la déplacer vers ce processus qui, justement, permettait de lier la “virtualité” de l’intention à la “matérialité” d’une solution, soit le propre de la conception architecturale. En effet, entre ces premières définitions du plan libre qui, déjà, le situaient aux “extrêmes” de la conception architecturale — intention versus expression— il semblait opportun d’en revenir là aussi à l’investigation de cette problématique “intermédiaire” :par quels moyens Le Corbusier passait-il du plan libre comme intention au plan libre comme expression ?

L’hypothèse fut alors posée de considérer le plan libre corbuséen comme “méta-opérateur” d’une libre conception du projet, le terme désignant selon Robert Prost « l’ensemble des modes opératoires que réclame toute formulation de solution ». Dans ce sens, on pouvait aisément présumer que ce mode de conception était lui-même animé par le regard doctrinal porté par Le Corbusier sur cette même modernité au service de laquelle il avait précisément défini la « nouvelle architecture » et les « Cinq points » qui en étaient « les moyens ».

L’objectif de nos développements ultérieurs fut dès lors, tout à la fois, de montrer ce “statut” opératoire du plan libre comme libre conception; de déterminer les moyens —procéduraux et substantiels— qui l’organisaient ;de montrer ce qu’ils construisaient dans l’œuvre en termes d’innovation ;de relever, en parallèle, en quoi et comment ils étaient révélateurs du point de vue de Le Corbusier sur la modernité.

Les hypothèses et l’intérêt des questions soulevées furent définitivement fondés après l’exposé des cadres généraux à l’intérieur desquels elles devaient être discutées :les champs de la conception d’une part et de la modernité de l’autre. C’est l’objet du chapitre 2.

L’étude s’est alors développée en quatre parties, basées sur des temporalités et/ou des corpus spécifiques et orientées vers des questions particulières.

Dans un premier temps —chapitre 3—, nous avons pris comme cadre d’interrogation l’exposition du Weissenhof à Stuttgart en 1927, moment de la publication du célèbre manifeste corbuséen des « Cinq points d’une nouvelle architecture » et lieu de la construction de ces maisons par lesquelles Le Corbusier exposa concrètement ses points de vue théoriques.

Le concept de plan libre y a été évalué à l’aune :des Cinq points dans le cadre desquels il a été énoncé; de l’ossature Dom-Ino qui en fonde l’émergence et la nature particulière; des maisons du Weissenhof qui en concrétisent la portée et les ambitions. Bien que cette matière ait déjà été abondamment retournée par les labours de la critique architecturale, un exposé exhaustif se devait d’être fait pour fonder notre propre compréhension des événements, construire nos propres observations et conclusions, eu égard à nos hypothèses. Par ailleurs, ce chapitre a permis d’éclaircir le mode de fonctionnement des Cinq points et de l’ossature Dom-Ino quant à leurs rôles et objectifs dans le processus de conception corbuséen.

Dans le 4e chapitre, nous nous sommes plus particulièrement interrogé sur ce qui fondait le choix et la définition de ces moyens particuliers. Il fut donc consacré à l’étude du plan libre comme édification d’une “théorie” du projet. Jamais Le Corbusier n’a produit un discours coordonné sur sa pratique —à la manière du traité d’Alberti— et les nombreux textes par lesquels il commente son œuvre et justifie les Cinq points comme « Eléments objectifs de discussion sur le phénomène architectural » présentent ces questions selon des points de vue fragmentaires :seul l’enchaînement des sources a permis d’extraire des thèmes dont la récurrence, voire la redondance, fait sens. La variation des énoncés des Cinq points que nous avons pu relever invitait par ailleurs à voir là une pensée en “construction” plutôt qu’une doctrine “arrêtée”, le manifeste étant dès lors compris comme un “arrêt sur images” ponctuant le parcours d’une pensée elle-même en permanente évolution.

Le corpus de cette analyse fut constitué de conférences, articles et livres rédigés par Le Corbusier, pour l’essentiel entre 1918 et la fin des années 20. Sur base de ce matériel, un certain nombre de thèmes récurrents ont été identifiés qui étayent la compréhension de ce que peuvent être les éléments de doctrine qui sous-tendent la conception du projet corbuséen et la manière dont il construit la validation de son propos. L’intérêt de cet examen fut aussi de permettre l’identification de quelques-unes de ces références procédurales qui font partie du fond culturel du concepteur et par lesquelles Le Corbusier organise ses processus de conception à l’égard de ce qui constitue l’architecture comme « problème en soi ». Dans un second temps, la comparaison de ces observations avec ce qui fait, selon Françoise Choay, théorie chez Alberti, a conforté l’idée de ce que cette construction doctrinale était propre à sous-tendre et qualifier un mode de conception et d’en confirmer, pour une part, les moyens de son ambition “émancipatrice”.

Dans le chapitre 5, nous avons procédé à l’examen de quatre références procédurales de conception que nous avions précédemment identifiées :la re-programmation, la dissociation, l’inversion et la réconciliation des contraires. L’intérêt était double. Il s’agissait, d’une part, de comprendre —et de vérifier— en quoi et comment ces procédures permettaient de rencontrer les objectifs d’une libre conception du projet —ce que nous avons traduit là par leur capacité à innover sur le plan formel et spatial et à assurer une relative autonomie du concepteur— et, d’autre part, de saisir —et montrer— en quoi et comment ils servaient le point de vue de Le Corbusier sur la modernité. Le corpus considéré ici était constitué d’une sélection de réalisations architecturales des années 20. Leur examen permit de saisir concrètement ce vers quoi les procédures conduisaient en examinant ce qu’elles construisaient dans l’œuvre. Bien que non exemptes d’observations personnelles, ces analyses se sont appuyées sur divers travaux antérieurs menés par les exégètes de l’œuvre corbuséenne dont, en particulier, Alan Colquhoun, Colin Rowe, Jacques Lucan, etc, auprès desquels nous avons trouvé matière à étayer nos hypothèses par l’articulation de leurs points de vue au nôtre, réduisant également quelques-unes des fractures de compréhension énoncées dès l’introduction.

Le chapitre 6 a, quant à lui, été plus particulièrement réservé à l’observation des références substantielles présentes dans le système de conception corbuséen au moment des Cinq points, que ce soit sur un plan concret ou à un horizon théorique. Dès l’exposé introductif de nos hypothèses, nous avions en effet relevé la relative incompatibilité que l’on pouvait discerner dans la mise au point d’un système de conception dont on attendait, d’un côté, qu’il puisse en permanence apporter des réponses innovantes en l’appuyant, de l’autre, sur des références de formes —celles des Cinq points— qui ne pouvaient qu’en restreindre l’ordre des possibilités. Deux discussions nous ont permis, sur le plan théorique au moins, de saisir les raisons de cette incompatibilité :celle de l’autoréférentialité du système d’une part et celle du miroir de l’inversion d’autre part, toutes deux conduisant nécessairement à restreindre le champ de la création à l’ordre d’une forme d’imitation.

Le chapitre 7, de conclusion, est revenu plus spécifiquement sur la discussion de l’objectif —et des conditions— dans lesquelles Le Corbusier poursuit cette volonté d’autonomie propre à la posture de l’artiste moderne, et l’objective. Si l’on s’accorde à reconnaître que le processus de modernisation à conduit à l’effritement des traditions stabilisatrices sur lesquelles se fondait ce qui faisait “sens commun”, la question est posée, entre autres, de savoir comment créer et objectiver ce “sens commun” à partir d’une vision subjective du “moi” créateur. La démonstration porte là sur la mise en exergue des invariants sur lesquels Le Corbusier fonde ses discours de validation :les principes pérennes qu’il “reconnaît” dans l’histoire, tout autant que les invariants de “l’homme”, qu’ils soient de nature socio-anthropologique, anthropomorphique ou psycho-physiologique. De la sorte, la posture émancipatrice de Le Corbusier se révèle fondée sur le respect d’un cadre normatif, intemporel, par lequel il tente d’objectiver sa propre subjectivité.

Cette approche duale nous est finalement apparue récurrente à tous niveaux de son processus de conception, et donc comme forgeant l’une de ses spécificités. Quel que soit le niveau auquel on l’envisage, Le Corbusier fonde son approche sur la mise en tension de termes, d’idées ou de figures qu’il oppose et entre lesquels il semble tout à la fois réfléchir, résoudre et exprimer les questions particulières de la conception, visant au final un nouvel équilibre entre les pôles identifiés, ce qu’énonce de manière métaphorique l’oxymore “plan libre”.


Doctorat en Art de bâtir et urbanisme
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Sung, Li-wen. "Decoding Chinese Classical Architecture for Contemporary Architectural Design - With Special Reference to Modern Architectural Development in Taiwan." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40260.

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This research began with an exploration of the phenomenon of cultural conflict and fusion in the process of architectural modernization in Taiwan. It will examine the impact of modern and contemporary theories on the practice of architecture of the island. It will then seek out the essence of Chinese classical architecture in order to develop an approach for the development of the future Chinese/Taiwanese architecture. In addition, the findings of the study could serve as a reference for scholars who would pursue historical and theoretical studies of in the subject, or for architects who are seeking design concepts to enhance their projects. The study utilizes an interpretive-historical methodology. It emphasizes that researchers should investigate social phenomena within broader and more complex contexts of what to uncover the underlying cultural factors. To highlight their significance, the author will pursue a hypothetic project to examine and demonstrate the meaningfulness and applicability of the concepts learned from the research. Efforts were made to discover ways in which Taiwanese and Chinese architectural culture can deal with foreign influences, such that it will be able to enjoy the benefits of modernization while maintaining its unique character and identity. Moreover, it will attempt to uncover ways in which Chinese architecture can in fact influence the global contemporary architectural culture. Finally, it is hoped that this work will produce a useful reference for students, scholars and architects who wish to develop design projects that reflect and celebrate regional cultures.
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Deckker, Zilah Quezado. "Brazil built : modern architecture 1936-1942." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306059.

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Parkes, P. I. "Post-modern architecture theory : A critique." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373870.

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Xia, Sibin. "Isotropic surface remeshing for modern architecture /." View abstract or full-text, 2008. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?IELM%202008%20XIA.

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Marquardt, Vincent. "Architecture: the making." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52102.

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Significance in how the building is made. To celebrate the materiality, the making, of Building is to give it significance, meaning. To make Building a meaningful work there needs to be an inherent structure, order, to the work. This order must be revealed and strengthened through harmony, articulation, and rhythm.
Master of Architecture
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Li, Bao. "Searching for a new Chinese architecture : an investigation of architecture in China since 1949 /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B24736077.

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Berns, Torben. "The paradox of a modern (Japanese) architecture /." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38463.

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This thesis analyzes the problems and contradictions inherent in modernity's levelling of the fabricative and political realms. Seeking a broader perspective on the origins of aesthetic culture and aestheticized politics, it examines the relation of architecture to technology, culture, and politics. The thesis examines the consequences of the Enlightenment and "Radical Enlightenment" (understanding the rise of the modern nation-state as a direct consequence of the 18th century's yoking of history and nature) from the perspective of Japan and its encounter with modernity. Japan as a modern nation-state, neither part of the European Enlightenment nor colonized by its instruments, was able to initiate a unique discourse around the question of history and the concomitant issues of identity and nihilism.
The thesis tracks the discourse through architecture as the terms shift and become more and more indistinguishable from the Western manifestations from which the Japanese architects wished to claim distinction.
The discussion on difference and possibility---cultural identity and the creative project---as fundamental questions for a contemporary practice of architecture is undertaken through an analysis of the polar positions of Tange Kenzo and Shirai Sei'ichi.
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葉葆芝 and Po-chi Pamela Yip. "Urban development and modern architecture in Beijing." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41548784.

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Stenard, John K. "Comparative naval architecture of modern foreign submarines." Thesis, Cambridge, Massachusetts : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/22954.

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A Comparative design study of ten conventional and nuclear-powered fast attack submarines is performed. Data sources are limited to those available in the open literature. The analysis is confined to those submarines which are of the greatest interest and for which enough design information is available to conduct an adequate study. The data for each of the selected submarines is then parameterized, analyzed, and compared on the basis of design and military capabilities. The design philosophy and top level requirement of each submarine is then inferred from its naval architecture and military capabilities. It is concluded that automation of systems will allow a reduction of crew size, which then permits a larger battery and greater provision, fuel and weapons loadouts. This will lead to greater combat effectiveness due to increased range, attack flexibility, speed, and weapons delivery potential. Keywords: Attack submarines; Nuclear powered submarines; Sizes dimensions comparison; Volume weight displacement; Weapons systems; Command control systems; C3; Submarine engines; Underwater propulsion mobility; Storage batteries, Diesel engines; Mission profiles; Foreign military forces; Theses. (edc)
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Yip, Po-chi Pamela. "Urban development and modern architecture in Beijing." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41548784.

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Baker, Thomas J. Baker Thomas J. Baker Thomas J. "Integritas : modern relationships between music and architecture /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11270.

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Mizutani, Gloria Michiko. "Architecture : a way of making." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23083.

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Chen, Weiqi. "Evoke a Memory Through Architecture." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/102004.

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Memories are often triggered by the presence of physical artifacts. When artifacts are replaced, the contemplation of a history attached to the artifacts tends to fade or even disappear. In an urban context, it often means that buildings and spaces which are the record of a culture are substituted with buildings and spaces that are disconnected from tradition in favor of a fast paced economy. China is the prime example of the largest and fastest urbanization over the past two decades. While it dramatically transformed most cities and suburban areas into modern urban organizations, large amounts of beautiful local architectures disappeared. This thesis proposes that architecture - no matter at what time is built - has the potential to embody a historic dimension and memories when seeking a symbiosis of traditional materials and modern technologies. The project here is a vehicle to seek memory to be evoked by the spatial scale and familiar materials without compromising modern requirements and conveniences.
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Memories fade out when old things being replaced by new things. This is a common phenomenon that happens constantly in today's fast-paced world. Technological progress of construction increases the speed of urbanization, however, it erases good old memories in the same speed simultaneously. Take China as an example, the largest and fastest urbanization in the past two decades dramatically transformed most cities and suburban areas into modern appearances. Large amount of beautiful local architectures disappeared. This thesis explores ways to preserve those good memories through integrating traditional materials and modern technologies. Guests' memory will be evoked by experiencing the spatial scale and old materials while still having a modern lifestyle in a hotel.
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Bezuidenhout, Lorinda. "Urban [i]scape : information centre." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11262008-222534.

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García, Moreno Beatriz. "Contextualist thought and architecture." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22370.

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Black, George David. "The architecture of collage." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24080.

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Hodgdon, Karen Elizabeth. "The architecture of event." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23738.

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Shade, Scott Bennett. "An architecture of the birth of a tragedy, a search for neo-modern architecture." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21478.

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Cheng, Christina Miu Bing. "Postmodernism art and architecture in Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1991. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31949861.

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Cheng, Miu-bing Christina. "Postmodernism : art and architecture in Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1991. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13031351.

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Li, Bao, and 李保. "Searching for a new Chinese architecture: an investigation of architecture in China since 1949." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3122135X.

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Villaran-Rokovich, D'juro. "The machine of architecture : a way of thinking, designing and representing." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23920.

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Vancura, Milan Vladislav. "The architecture of Czech cubism." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22357.

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McFeat, Lin Gillian. "The architecture of colonisation : the concept of depiction : Colon : the colonisation of a(a)rchitecture : the depiction of the concept." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1999. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phm1432.pdf.

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Includes bibliography. This thesis examines deconstructive writings, employing those strategies as a basis for re-forming approaches to architecture. A theory is posited that a distinction must be made between architecture as idiom and architecture as medium, expressed as a separation between architecture as a built form, Architecture the Idea and A(a)rchitecture as a new direction for framing an approach to its discourse.
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Alamsjah, Winnie 1974. "Rethinking the modern : imagining the future of the Museum of Modern Art, New York." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62954.

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Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-105).
The thesis seeks to explore the implications of the emergence of the digital media as a new art form on the museum space. The museum as an institution has faced some ideological and philosophical contradictions in recent times. Economically, heightened competition for dwindling funds has begun to shape programming decisions. Philosophically, the museum's perceived authoritarian role clashes with the critiques of cultural hegemony that are so much a part of the contemporary art world. Contemporary art forms that intentionally subvert the equation of art and object are often less compatible with traditional conceptions of museum space. And socially, museum expansion is often used as a tool for the gentrification of museum neighborhoods, a stratagem that cheers civic boosters and troubles social critics. All these point to a social, philosophical, political critique of the museum as an institution. The thesis does not attempt to resolve all the issues rooted in the current museum culture/structure. Rather, it seeks to study the various museums built historically and propose a new way of understanding the role of the museum in relation to the issues brought up by artists, social critics, historians alike. The exploration involves both spatial and material articulation. What could a museum be?
by Winnie Alamsjah.
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Pickering, H. Elbert III. "A way of making architecture." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23068.

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Graves, Linda. "Architecture of place and mythos." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23923.

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Liu, Bingkun. "Laszlo E. Hudec and modern architecture in Shanghai." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31651586.

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Demirel, Emre. "Architecture and Renewable Traditions : The Modern Turkish Experience." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.515100.

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Liu, Bingkun, and 劉秉琨. "Laszlo E. Hudec and modern architecture in Shanghai." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31651586.

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OLIVEIRA, LUCIANE GONZAGA DE. "MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN GERMANY: BETWEEN 1900 AND 1933." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2004. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=6486@1.

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CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO
O objetivo da Dissertação é o estudo da Arquitetura Moderna Alemã, das condições sociais, políticas e econômicas em que ela foi elaborada, de seus antecedentes teóricos e sua participação no Movimento Moderno. O período estudado neste trabalho abrange os trinta anos iniciais do século XX, até a chegada dos Nazistas ao poder na Alemanha, em 1933. A Alemanha passou, em um espaço de tempo de 60 anos, por guerras e mudanças políticas profundas que unificaram o país em 1870, transformaram-na em uma república democrática em 1918 e, com a chegada dos Nazistas ao poder em 1933, em uma ditadura. A Primeira Guerra Mundial afetou toda a Europa e, principalmente, a Alemanha derrotada, estabelecendo um marco divisor da produção arquitetônica. Além das questões políticas, trata-se de uma época marcada por profundas transformações da ciência e da tecnologia afetando as relações econômicas, as condições de trabalho, a indústria, a família, a vida humana individual e coletivamente, a cidade, os objetos da vida diária, desde os utensílios até a moradia. Os profissionais deste período tiveram de dar conta desse novo conjunto de condições que passou a determinar o mundo em que viveriam a partir de então. Esses anos foram definitivos para a arquitetura alemã e para a arquitetura moderna, não apenas pela incorporação de novas idéias, mas pelas atitudes práticas tomadas em relação aos problemas contemporâneos.
This dissertation aims at studying the German Modern Architecture, the social, political and economical conditions in which it was developed, its theoretical background and its participations in the Modern Movement. The period of time studied in this paper is the first thirty years of the 20th century up to the moment when the Nazis got the power over Germany in 1933. For sixty years, Germany went through wars and other important political changes. The country was unified in 1870 and after the First World War it became a Democratic Republic in 1918. Then, in 1933, it became a Dictatorship with the Nazi government. The First World War affected all Europe and mainly the defeated Germany establishing a boundary in the architectonic production. Besides the political considerations, this moment shows meaningful changes in science and technology which influenced the economy, the industry, the work relations, the family, the human life - individual and collective, the city, the daily objects - both household objects and also the house itself. The professionals of this time had to deal with a set of conditions which would determine the world from then on. These years where expressive in Modern Architecture, not only for the new ideas, but also for the practical attitudes in relation to the contemporary problems.
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Tejeira-Davis, Eduardo. "Roots of modern Latin American architecture the Hispano-Caribbean region from the late 19th century to the recent past /." Heidelberg : Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, 1987. http://books.google.com/books?id=LNBPAAAAMAAJ.

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Jonsson, Therese. "Data Retrieval Strategy for Modern Database Models in a Serverless Architecture." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279950.

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The arising presence of social media platforms shapes modern system architectures to handle performance and scale. As user volumes increase, the need to keep data consistent and available at storage locations across the world adds complexity in distributed systems. The startup Leader Island has developed a communication platform for companies and organizations, using Amazon Web Services (AWS) as cloud provider to overcome operational concerns. Within their platform, users share various content and interact with each other. Data retrieval is an essential component in the platform, as the users should get various feeds and be able to search for specific content. For this functionality, Leader Island uses a combination of AWS Elasticsearch Service for data retrieval and Amazon DynamoDB for persistent storage. However, this setup has posed challenges within data models, mappings, and retrieval strategies. This project aims to find best practices for data models and mappings within both instances and to investigate in new data retrieval strategies to optimize the latencies of data retrieval. For this, three designs were configured with op- posing models and mappings. The results of each design were collected and measured against each other. Mainly, a design where data retrieval was distributed over both Elasticsearch and DynamoDB, incorporating DynamoDB best practices and a reduced data volume propagated to Elasticsearch, out-performed the initial platform design by a factor of 1.9 concerning platform latencies.
Den stigande närvaron av sociala medier formar de moderna systemarkitekturerna för att hantera prestanda och skala. I takt med att användarvolymer ökar växer också behovet av att hålla data konsistent och tillgängligt i datacenter över hela världen, vilket adderar komplexitet i distribuerade system. Startupen Leader Island har utvecklat en kommunikationsplattform för företag och organisationer, nyttjandes Amazon Web Services (AWS) som molnleverantör för att reducera operativa utmaningar. På plattformen delar användarna innehåll och interagerar med varandra. Att hämta data är en viktig komponent i platt- formen, eftersom användarna laddar in olika flöden och ska kunna söka efter specifikt innehåll. För denna funktionalitet använder Leader Island en kom- bination av AWS Elasticsearch Service för datainsamling och Amazon DynamoDB för permanent lagring. Denna konstellation har inneburit utmaningar inom data-modeller, data-mappning och hämtningsstrategier. Det här projektet syftar till att hitta bästa praxis för data-modeller och data-mappningar i båda instanser, samt undersöka nya strategier gällande datainsamling för att optimera prestandan. För detta konfigurerades tre designer med motsatta data- modeller och data-mappningar. Resultaten av varje design samlades in och mättes mot varandra. I huvudsak visade en design fördel, där datainsamlingen distribuerades över både Elasticsearch och DynamoDB. DynamoDB modellerades där enligt bästa praxis, och en reducerad datavolym propagerades till Elasticsearch, vilket resulterade i en 1.9 gånger bättre prestanda än i den initiala designen.
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Jane, Van Horn Mary. "Towards a critique of the architecture of consumption." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22412.

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Flanagan, Stephen R. "Architecture and light : a bridge between science and theology, the measurable and the immeasurable." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23135.

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Numrich, George. "Modern sound works--building new music." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76406.

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Thesis (M.S.V.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1987.
MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH.
Bibliography: leaves 70-73.
by George Numrich III.
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Marchisen, Kirk Joseph. "Transformation through analogy : narrative in architecture." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22379.

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Benayoun, Ifhat. "Between [a] kant and [an] architecture [within]." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23393.

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Quezado, Deckker Zilah. "Brazil built : the architecture of the modern movement in Brazil /." New York : E & FN Spon, 2000. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy043/00030082.html.

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