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Explorations in City Image: An Investigation of Tools of Perception and Representation in Urban Design

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dc.contributor.authorDawson, Thomas Edwarden
dc.contributor.committeechairJacobson, Wendy R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDugas, David M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKaten, Brian F.en
dc.contributor.departmentLandscape Architectureen
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-06T16:02:11Zen
dc.date.adate2004-07-07en
dc.date.available2011-08-06T16:02:11Zen
dc.date.issued2004-05-10en
dc.date.rdate2004-07-07en
dc.date.sdate2004-05-25en
dc.description.abstractThe map is vitally important for space design. Maps allow designers to record and filter impossibly complex information about an environment. Designers try to capture a variety of aspects of a site through the use of graphic tools like maps and drawings. While there is a long-established conventional graphic language for recording characteristics of a site, this language is often inadequate when one attempts to explore and capture subtler perceptual qualities of urban environments. Many of these perceptual qualities can greatly inform a design and some designers have invented creative mapping strategies to record and analyze difficult aspects of a site. This position paper follows the work of innovative designers who creatively map perceptual qualities of urban landscapes. The theories and practices of these designers have informed my development of new creative tools for mapping my perception of space. The design portion of this thesis takes place in the Mexican War Streets Neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and results in a plaza for the local Mattress Factory Art Museum. The design phase uses and evaluates traditional perception and representational tools of urban design. New creative maps are used to express what the traditional tools cannot. These creative maps are used to derive the concept for the site design as well as the design of the major site elements and materials.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Landscape Architectureen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05252004-140912en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05252004-140912en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/9983en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartDawsonThesis29June.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectUrban Designen
dc.subjectDeriveen
dc.subjectCognitive Mappingen
dc.subjectCreative Mappingen
dc.titleExplorations in City Image: An Investigation of Tools of Perception and Representation in Urban Designen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineLandscape Architectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Landscape Architectureen

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