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AN ANALYSIS OF SPACE
by
Liza Rossi
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
May 2009
Copyright 2009 Liza Rossi
Object Description
| Title | An analysis of space |
| Author | Rossi, Liza |
| Author email | lizaross@usc.edu; rossi448@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Architecture |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Architecture |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-12-12 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-01-24 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Liang, Andrew |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Johnson, Scott Yi, Eui-Sung |
| Abstract | There is an intrinsic relationship between architecture and space; nevertheless there are numerous filters for the understanding and conception of both. Of the various filters it can be argued that mental process, social praxis and physical engagement are necessary for a spatial discourse rooted within the discipline of architecture. Lefebvre and Bachelard play particular importance in this paper because of the above. Their individual theoretical framework, sources of this paper, paved positions for the developed arguments. Lefebvre, through his analytical and systematic, "structured", break down of this abstract concept of space, offered measurable conditions to frame an "objective" understanding of space, rooting it as largely a sociological construct, allowing [perhaps] a collective conscious to engage and define it, thereby proposing an universal structure for understanding it; Bachelard approaches the concept as a "philosophical" excursion, framing it through a "narrative" of emotions, memories, and poetics which seemingly imposes a "self" reading into the conception of space and its meanings. The two authors are intrinsically different in their approaches until one seizes that Bachelard's "narrative" as having roots in the larger sociological consciousness. This puts into question the authenticity of the "self", the "subjective" and perhaps [re]structures it as part of a larger social collective. Architects Bernard Tschumi and Peter Zumthor are two practitioners cited in this paper as having such structured (Tschumi) and philosophical (Zumthor) inquiries and tendencies in their conception of architecture. Tschumi's Parc de la Villette and Zumthor's Bath at Val exhibit such intricate ideological complexities and are used as analytical case studies and comparative models. |
| Keyword | space; Lefebvre; Bachelard; conception of space; architectural space |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1937 |
| Rights | Rossi, Liza |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Rossi-2571 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Rossi-2571.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | AN ANALYSIS OF SPACE by Liza Rossi A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE May 2009 Copyright 2009 Liza Rossi |
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