Browsing Theses by Subject "Rem Koolhaas"
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Emphasize the Gap! Towards a Žižekian Definition of Critical-Emancipatory Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-22)Confronted with issues, whose (socioeconomic) causes cannot be resolved through the modification of the built environment, architectural interventions may often inadvertently aid the reproduction of the problems they seek ... -
The Generic Spectacle
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-13)The completion of the CityCenter resort on the Las Vegas Strip in 2009 by MGM Resorts marks the single largest privately funded development in American history. It also marks a departure from all-encompassing themes of ...