Architecture of uncertainty
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Author(s)
Smith, James M., M. Arch. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor(s)
J. Meejin Yoon.
Date Issued
2006
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Machines have been used throughout history as an extension of the human body; a prosthetic device that can provide the opportunity to redefine the spatial experience of a given time and place. In this investigation the Pinhole camera was used as a device for capturing photographic images of an urban place. The images produced by the pinhole cameras are representations of the existing place and its experience. The representation of a place generated by the device mediates the relationship between the body and the landscape. This thesis explores the production of architectural form with respect to the uncertainties of our built environment, strategies of representation, and the construction of urban devices that re-define the spatial experience.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [118]-[121]).
Subjects
Architecture.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
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