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arch541 - thesis prep: manifestos manifest
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Arch541 - thesis prep. A specter is haunting europe.": the beginning line of the first (and most famous) manifesto. written in 1848, marx's communist manifesto. Set the tone for manifestos to follow. Here are some links to other manifestos (besides the ones in the conrads book) that might be interesting. Look closely at the tone, the direction, the aims, the attacks, etc. . Notice that these people are waging an attack on something that they see as being terribly wrong. . Workers of the world unite!
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arch541 - thesis prep: interest + intention
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Arch541 - thesis prep. When thinking about your problem and project statements, remember:. Problem statement = interest [ie. rationale for investigation]. Why are you interested in this? Ie are you personally affected by this? Ie theoretical/conceptual problem or puzzle? What are the problems of the past? 8211; have they been insufficiently addressed? 8211; are there failures/discrepancies (in the previous solutions)? 8211;is there a need to develop methods for solving the problems? It may not look pretty.
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arch541 - thesis prep: 10.08
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Arch541 - thesis prep. New york city. diagrammed. Site analysis going from the macro. New york city. diagrammed 2. New york city. diagrammed 3. Some examples of program [diagrams]. From a previous life. Place of rest on broadway: higgins]. Religious center for times square: dennett]. And, the ever-so-problematic:. I found this definition of program by federico soriano interesting:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Readings and other things. On the graphic display of information. Other students, other school.
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arch541 - thesis prep: operative criticism
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Arch541 - thesis prep. The great manfredo tafuri defined a form of precedent analysis like this:. Is an analysis of architecture (or of the arts in general) that, instead of an abstract survey, has as its objective the planning of a precise poetical tendency, anticipated by its structures and derived from historical analyses programmatically distorted and finalized. . Past history by projecting it towards the future. . Manfredo tafuri, t heories and history of architecture. Readings and other things.
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arch541 - thesis prep: read this...
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Arch541 - thesis prep. It will come in handy as you start to think about next semester. . The best thing as you start to get ready for thesis prep is to think of a problem or an idea (rather than a project or program). the good ideas or good problems should be solveable with any project or program. . So, the less specific it is the more possibilities it has. . But, the linked article ( design: a primer. Says it better. it makes great suggestions as to how to think about this. Readings and other things.
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arch541 - thesis prep: it may not look pretty...
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Arch541 - thesis prep. It may not look pretty. But here are the powerpoints - in the order of presentation - converted and saved (all in the comfort of your own comfort):. Kyle's re-defining the fading city. Aviel's architecture interfacing people and nature. Meghan e.'s reconstructing community. Meghan m.'s re-birth of housing. Eva's architecture is about the journey. Ps what is not pretty is how powerpoint saves as html. otherwise, everything is beautiful]. September 26, 2008 at 4:20 AM.
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arch541 - thesis prep: 1 - 3 - 9
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Arch541 - thesis prep. For this "assignment," remember that:. The 1 line is like an (extended) title [or, thesis statement]. The 3 lines are to serve as a brief description (that might be a summary of the main idea of a book; something akin to a annotation in an annotated bibliography). . The 9 lines is the expanded explication of the idea/thesis [like what might be found in the inside dust jacket of a book]. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Readings and other things. Other students, other school.
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arch541 - thesis prep: some thoughts about programs
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Arch541 - thesis prep. Some thoughts about programs. I was thinking of programs last nite (after our discussion re. possibilities). here is a short list of programs i wished i considered when i was doing my thesis [program: a city for the dead (aka. cemetery) in downtown los angeles]:. Study and research center for gaudi's sagrada familia (or mies' barcelona pavilion) (or, le corbusier's maison curutchet). Bathhouse (based on roman precedents). Library for the blind. Or martha graham) or.
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arch541 - thesis prep: program [see use]
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Arch541 - thesis prep. I found this definition of program by federico soriano interesting:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Readings and other things. On the graphic display of information. Use the web in new and unexpected ways. Other students, other school. Other students, other school pt.2. New york city. diagrammed. New york city. diagrammed 2. New york city. diagrammed 3. Some examples of program [diagrams].
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arch541 - thesis prep: some examples of program [diagrams]
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Arch541 - thesis prep. Some examples of program [diagrams]. From a previous life. Place of rest on broadway: higgins]. Religious center for times square: dennett]. And, the ever-so-problematic:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Readings and other things. On the graphic display of information. Use the web in new and unexpected ways. Other students, other school. Other students, other school pt.2. New york city. diagrammed. New york city. diagrammed 2. New york city. diagrammed 3.
