Withholding Language: ambiguity and precision in the education of an architect

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dc.contributor.authorHirose, Ayaen
dc.contributor.committeechairWeiner, Frank H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDoan, Patrick A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberThompson, Steven R.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:41:59Zen
dc.date.adate2012-08-09en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:41:59Zen
dc.date.issued2012-07-02en
dc.date.rdate2012-08-09en
dc.date.sdate2012-07-25en
dc.description.abstractIn the education of an architect, at certain critical junctures, there is a need to withhold language. While passage to non-linguistic representation is at times vexing, the existence of memories and images delays the inevitable appropriation of architecture by language. Holding language in abeyance is necessary in order to wander openly amidst the labyrinth of architecture. This stance is not an indication of the inferiority of language to architecture but rather a question of finding appropriate limits. This act of withholding allows architecture to stand and withstand in the world. In the space of learning an architect constructs a threshold between ambiguity and precision in silence. The act of constructing a mold to cast a spatial form in plaster, or drawing the lineaments bounding impressions of space, is analogous to making a building. These kinds of actions require precise thinking and making. They carry the weight and burden of the delay of language. This very delay makes an architect and architecture possible.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.format.extent1 volumeen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07252012-182714en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07252012-182714/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34171en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartHirose_A_T_2012.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 93617458en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectprecisionen
dc.subjectMemoryen
dc.subjectmaquetteen
dc.subjectlanguageen
dc.subjectmakingen
dc.subjectimageen
dc.subjectEducationen
dc.subjectdrawingen
dc.subjectambiguityen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 2012.H576en
dc.titleWithholding Language: ambiguity and precision in the education of an architecten
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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