Being: At The Threshold

dc.contributor.authorDi Giacomo, Joel Michael
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-21T15:01:29Z
dc.date.available2015-05-21T15:01:29Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-21
dc.date.submitted2015
dc.description.abstractWhat does it mean to have a transcendent experience, and what does architecture have to do with it? What is ineffable space? Philosphers such as Martin Heidegger and Gaston Bachelard would argue that a true, meaningful human existence can only be found at the threshold between the known, ordered, limited world, and the unknown, chaotic, unlimited world, where the two worlds are one, connected and indistinguishable. The question this thesis poses is what role architecture might play in activating this threshold, in engaging the unknown, in experiencing the sublime. It will investigate this by examining a series of sublime encounters and attempting to express them in architectural form.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/9380
dc.language.isoenen
dc.pendingfalse
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectSublimeen
dc.subjectNuminousen
dc.subjectArchitectureen
dc.subjectArten
dc.subjectBeingen
dc.subjectSemblanceen
dc.subjectNothingen
dc.subjectCattelanen
dc.subjectStetsonen
dc.subjectViolaen
dc.subject.programArchitectureen
dc.titleBeing: At The Thresholden
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Architectureen
uws-etd.degree.departmentSchool of Architectureen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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