dc.contributor.author | Merriman, Molly | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-05T11:57:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-04-05T11:57:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-04-05 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/21455 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis explores an architectural response for an urban site that incorporates the dismantled façade stones (spolia) of the site’s previous building into two dialectical devices: a ramp and a camera obscura. Each device allows the stones to act as both artifact (individual object with an embedded history) and frame (structure that invites a reading of its context).
Spatial and temporal concepts from film provide theoretical guidance for the dialectical structure of the architectural design approach. A constant navigation between pairs of opposing forces (capturing/projecting, introvert/extrovert, operator/device, artifact/frame, object/subject) results in a pair of architectures, one a cinema + digital archive and the other a film school, between which a public space is activated as an outdoor amphitheatre. The two buildings simultaneously act as object (artifact) and subject (frame) in an attempt to locate and express a redefined historical continuity for the site. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | spolia | en_US |
dc.subject | façade | en_US |
dc.subject | film | en_US |
dc.subject | Hamilton | en_US |
dc.subject | artifact | en_US |
dc.subject | frame | en_US |
dc.subject | dialectics | en_US |
dc.title | Incorporating Spolia: The Façade as Artifact and Frame | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2013-03-19 | |
dc.contributor.department | School of Architecture | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Architecture | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Geoffrey Thun | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Stephen Parcell | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Jonathan Mandeville | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Catherine Venart | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |