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Thesis Proposal Help
I've been considering the idea of democratic architecture and how to expand it beyond the principles of housing and industrial design, like was done by the Bauhaus and American architects.
In collaboration with the idea of egalitarianism, democratic architecture should also observe and react to situations that cause an unbalance.
I'm not quite sure how to expand the idea or if it's something worth pursuing but I've always been extremely interested in architecture responding to a status, and being additive to that fact rather than taking independent issues and focusing on them in their entirety. It provides a much richer layering for architecture.
Any ideas or comments would be gratifying and appreciated, even if you just want to let me know that I am heading in a terrible direction.
read tom wolfe's from bauhaus to our house. .. if you haven't already.
Just picked it up from the library. Thanks for the suggestion.
Architecture can only respond to situations as much as the architect will allow it to.
Look for architects that acknowledge and “react to situations that cause unbalance.”
I would suggest the book: Verb, Crisis. Especially Teddy Cruz’s piece about zones of conflict.
You could look at these guys: http://www.crimsonweb.org/
They do a lot with reflexive systems of urban development. There work becomes more then just rigid master plans. It is very bottom-up, as opposed to traditional forms of top-down urban design.
Michael Speaks writes a lot about them:
http://pro.archis.org/plain/object.php?object=839&year=&num=
http://www.archilab.org/public/2000/catalog/speaksen.htm
http://www.crimsonweb.org/spip.php?article52
Their stuff is a bit weird but it may lead you to something interesting if you have time to really dig through it.
Good luck
Very enticing project descriptions, I have never heard of these guys before. Thank you.
read Oublier Rowe by robert Somol very enticing argument .... at the very least you should learn how do argue like Rowe, then how to use the same strategies to argue against Rowe like Somol did, insta best thesis.lol...but really, read Rowe (phenomenal and literal transparency, and mathematics of the ideal vill) then read the Somol article.. which appears in ANY issue 8 or 9
Where can I find ANY? My library doesn't have it and I can't seem to find it on conventional book sites. Thanks
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