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| Title: | Between Technological Flesh and the Technological Field: A phenomenology of the domestic interior |
| Authors: | Patterson, Duncan |
| Keywords: | architecture
phenomenology
technology
responsive
sensors
house
home
ecologies
intersubjectivity
symbolism |
| Approved Date: | 22-Jan-2010 |
| Date Submitted: | 27-Oct-2009 |
| Abstract: | Swift and radical technological change necessitates a re-appraisal of the phenomenology of the house. Canonical phenomenology often has been technologically averse and the phenomenological appraisal of the house, as offered by philosopher Gaston Bachelard (1958) and architect Juhani Pallasmaa (1994), has notably omitted its technological components. This thesis asserts that neither the technologization of the flesh nor the field can be ignored. Upon asserting the importance of both technology and the house to our Being, the thesis proposes some basic principles for understanding technological change. A re-appraisal of the phenomenology of the house is then initiated, starting with a selected series of behavioural and symbolic foci: the hearth, the toilet, the table, the bed and the window. These are discussed with regard to their historical importance in the house and speculated upon as they become increasingly changed by advanced technology.
This thesis takes the form of a book. It is a synthetic and removed work, navigating the overlapping zones of a number of disparate discourses. Its perspective is situated in the midst of many complex and interconnected metaphors. It is part historical description, poetical observation, philosophical conjecture, curation, and design. |
| Program: | Architecture |
| Department: | School of Architecture |
| Degree: | Master of Architecture |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4991 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Engineering Theses and Dissertations
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