Some Assembly Required: The Structural Condition of Collage in Architecture and Urbanism

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dc.contributor.authorMartin, J. Garretten
dc.contributor.committeechairGartner, Howard Scotten
dc.contributor.committeememberO'Brien, Michael J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSchnoedt, Heinrichen
dc.contributor.committeememberWeiner, Frank H.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:51:34Zen
dc.date.adate1997-03-28en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:51:34Zen
dc.date.issued1997-03-28en
dc.date.rdate1998-03-28en
dc.date.sdate1998-07-18en
dc.description.abstractIt is my intention through this thesis to investigate the structural condition of collage as a culturally relevant approach to understanding architectural meaning and designing architectural form within the context of the urban environment. Meaning in architecture, as it emerges both implicitly and explicitly within the framework of this condition, will be analyzed as it relates to contemporary cultural and historical conditions. In terms of process and product, collage is construed with meaning through juxtaposition and context. A collage does not convey an essential meaning, as its meaning arises through the deliberate techne - the act of its making, and not through reflection on any pre-existing qualities, as there are none. The whole of a collage does not merely encompass an accumulation of elements, but embraces a greater totality through a fragmentary synthesis. While synthesis denotes a constructive process, it also signifies a dialectic relation. The dialectic relation embodied in collage can be understood in terms of inclusivity and exclusivity of meaning. This thesis investigation originates from the premise that the architectural act can never be fully understood in terms of its architecture alone. To ignore the greater social, cultural, and historical framework that sustains both the maker and the made is to deny architecture its full depth of meaning, whether that meaning is ideological, transparent, or bound within a chain of signifiers. This is not to imply that the social deterministically constitutes architecture, as both undoubtedly reciprocate influence upon one another; the maker and the made leave their indelible impression upon the sphere of relations which surrounds them. However, it is ultimately within this sphere - this larger social context - that an architectural form embodies meaning.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.format.extent91 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-43502249751211en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-43502249751211/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36718en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartmartin.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 37569860en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectdialecticen
dc.subjectcollage as synthesisen
dc.subjectcontemporary cultureen
dc.subjectDesignen
dc.subjectedge-city phenomenonen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1997.M378en
dc.titleSome Assembly Required: The Structural Condition of Collage in Architecture and Urbanismen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen

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