Framing Movement

Abstract

This thesis seeks to understand how architecture and concepts of movement can inform each other. In this context, the relationships of permeable frame and impenetrable mass become the main constituents of a space in which movement is celebrated. A frame system serves as the principal container for movement, providing a sense of order and orientation defined by architectural rhythm and regularity. Conceptually, the solid mass operates as the grounding element in which the more delicate frames hosting the dancers are secured and presented. The thesis proposes that contrasting notions of frame and mass are together able to foster an architecture, a spatial realm in which the culture of dance can teach and present the quintessential choreographed artistic human movements that we deeply admire.