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Access Type

Open Access Thesis

Document Type

thesis

Degree Program

Architecture

Degree Type

Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)

Year Degree Awarded

2016

Month Degree Awarded

May

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Why do we design architecture? How we design it? Why do we design architecture in this way, not in that way? What‘s the most important characteristic for architecture? How we can identity if architecture has realized all ideas we proposed before? With these questions, with the help from kind professors, I found one interesting place - Cao changdi, Beijing, China. Luckily, I found one interesting street and noticed there are some problems here. I needed to figure out what exactly are the problems and try to solve the problems with architecture.

I found that relations and connections are missing at this street. They are supposed to be there, but they are invisible. Why not make them visible?

I tried to direct this design based on the user’s stories or experiences. My approach was to visualize peoples’ experience in a new architecture through story boards, or ‘frame’ of applying the film director’s skills and design minds to approach architecture.

Let peoples’ experience in an architecture become a movie. Applying the film director’s skills and minds to the design of architecture.

Space plays an important role in architecture design. What happened in that space is what is important. Of course, stories would happen in that space. Then what’s the story?

My thesis project would illustrate how three stories - visitor, villager and artist‘s experience help to direct the design.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/8511051

First Advisor

Kathleen Lugosch

Second Advisor

Sigrid Miller Pollin

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