Pastiche as technique : inside an American palace
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Author(s)
Snavely, John Alan
Advisor(s)
J. Meejin Yoon.
Date Issued
2008
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
This thesis investigates the potential of opportunistic borrowing and blatant reference -- a postmodern approach pioneered by architects like Michael Graves, Robert Venturi and Charles Jencks -- through a renovation that reinstates a movie palace into a 99 cent store in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Instead of concentrating on the facade like postmodern architecture of the past, however, this thesis turns these techniques inward, as a way of designing the interior of the building; using an aesthetic which encourages nostalgia, that, through historical reference, can endear a design to a community, mitigate programmatic dischord, and provide unusual formal qualities. To find this nostalgic beauty, this thesis will revisit antique typologies like that of the movie palace and nickelodeon, out-dated architectural techniques like poche and pastiche, and forgotten forms of ornament. Iconography and ornamentation, rather than being mere decoration, form a membrane which acts as a cultural interface to site the building in a strong, diverse, and ultimately stubborn community.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2008.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-76).
Subjects
Architecture.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
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