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dc.contributor.advisorJulian Beinart.en_US
dc.contributor.authorVan Acker, Stefaanen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-29T19:48:07Z
dc.date.available2013-05-29T19:48:07Z
dc.date.copyright1989en_US
dc.date.issued1989en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79007
dc.descriptionThesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1989.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 88-89).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe city is central to many discourses on architecture and to the making of architecture in general. This thesis explores the interrelation between architecture and the city in Europe . Through analysis of recent projects I examine and evaluate the role of the city in the making of architecture. The city is a collective artifact. In the city, the architect is confronted with present-day social , economic and cultural realities, with patterns of social and productive organization of the past and with the institution of architecture and the history of that institution. The commitment of the architect to the city, makes him an active participant in "the world". In the city the architect constructs a reality in confrontation with reality at large. The city constitutes a medium, a middle ground between the architect and reality. Through the analysis of works by Koolhaas, Van Eyck and Gregotti some of the issues described above are illuminated. For each of these architects I analyze an urban project and an architectural project. In the first analysis I evaluate the contribution of the architect to the continuous remaking of the city. In the second analysis I examine the relation of the architectural project with the city and the definition of "architecture" in relation to the city.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Stefaan Van Acker.en_US
dc.format.extent89 leavesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectArchitecture.en_US
dc.titleThe urban dimension of architecture : Rem Koolhaas, Aldo Van Eyck and Vittorio Gregotti, in light of the cityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeM.S.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
dc.identifier.oclc20660235en_US


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