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Identity & Building: Engaging in Dialogue with Context Through Architecture

Mitev, Petar I
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459439638

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2016, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
As modern cities expand in size and density, the question of representing cultural identity and meaning through new construction has been largely sacrificed in favor of a rigid formalistic image. This is largely due to the treatment of architecture as capital and commodity, and the greater economic landscape. Urban context and a sense of place and identity are informally connected, and by foregrounding relevant histories of the physical and existential qualities of architectural context, this thesis aims to promote the design and construction of architecture which enhances the everyday experience of the built environment. This paper draws on literary source material and precedent case studies from architectural critics and practitioners to create an architectural intervention in Odeonsplatz, a public square in Munich, which enhances the modern function and felt-experience of the site. The main themes of this discourse are the poetics of construction as outlined by Kenneth Frampton’s writing on tectonic culture, and the existential considerations of place and identity as explored by Heidegger, Tzonis, and Norberg-Schulz. Through the architectural curation of the relationship between new and existing, this thesis will propose a framework for improving the modern experience of the site, with a poetic representation of regional values.
William Williams, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
John Eliot Hancock, M.Arch. (Committee Member)
34 p.
Architecture
critical; regionalism; phenomenology; identity; globalization; architecture

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  • Mitev, P. I. (2016). Identity & Building: Engaging in Dialogue with Context Through Architecture [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459439638

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mitev, Petar. Identity & Building: Engaging in Dialogue with Context Through Architecture. 2016. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459439638.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mitev, Petar. "Identity & Building: Engaging in Dialogue with Context Through Architecture." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459439638

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