An Exploration of Visual Sensations: The Use of Depth Perception to Create Pre-Architectural Forms

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dc.contributor.authorRushton, Nan Michelleen
dc.contributor.committeechairThompson, Steven R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHolt, Renginen
dc.contributor.committeememberHeflin, James R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSarpaneva, Piaen
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:47:52Zen
dc.date.adate2006-01-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:47:52Zen
dc.date.issued1998-09-02en
dc.date.rdate2006-01-10en
dc.date.sdate2005-11-14en
dc.description.abstractThis exploration is one artist's view of visual reasoning through the study of depth perception. The experiment searched for pre-architectural forms through an investigation of geometric rectangular shapes and planar figures in anticipation of finding architectural volumes, that is, three-dimensional objects. I used three parameters to observe: the expected or planned, the anticipated, and the unforeseen. The pre-architectural sketching style used the disciplines of painting, sculpture, graphic arts, color theory, optics, and photography to formulate an architectural language. First, as artist (painter), I selected the medium of light as the brushstroke, color as the pigment, and photographic film plane as the canvas to capture image abstractions. Second, I used one-point perspective as the viewer's line of sight. Finally, I employed a series of shape abstractions to form a succession of transparent sections that composed the subject matter. This experiment sought to analyze visual perception by capturing the spatial depth of images, that is, a reproduction of something sculptural in likeness. The challenge was to reintegrate the abstracted Rectangular Shapes and Planar Figures. In order to achieve this physical abstraction, I created a modified camera obscura. This exploration produced clearly defined images-as-products that were interpreted as pre-architectural forms, which allowed me to translate color abstractions into architectural form studies, or models-as-products. Thus, the experiment created architectural volumes using light and color in order to draw points, lines, planes, and spatial depth.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.identifier.otheretd-11142005-193955en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11142005-193955/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/35699en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartThesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectLight Drawingen
dc.subjectHolographic Stereogramen
dc.subjectDepth Perceptionen
dc.subjectLinear Perspectiveen
dc.subjectPerspectiveen
dc.subjectVisualizationen
dc.subjectColor Theoryen
dc.subjectConceptualen
dc.subjectSchematic Designen
dc.subjectPre-Designen
dc.subjectVisual Worlden
dc.subjectThree-Dimensional Sketchingen
dc.subjectVisual Fielden
dc.subjectPinhole Cameraen
dc.titleAn Exploration of Visual Sensations: The Use of Depth Perception to Create Pre-Architectural Formsen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen

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