Meditations upon durations

dc.contributor.advisorChairperson, Graduate Committee: Christopher Livingston; Ralph Johnson (co-chair)en
dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Justin Matthewen
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-25T18:43:24Z
dc.date.available2013-06-25T18:43:24Z
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.description.abstractThe content of this thesis confirms my belief that architecture is able to create remarkable effects upon human emotion. It is my opinion that human emotion becomes apparent when two opposing states of reality are intensified within time and space. Today in the Western Culture we live upon two opposing states of time. One is mechanized and ridged, and the other is sequential and durational. The first seeks to break things down into parts and understand them as they relate to a human scale. The other seeks to find the potential in what exist in the in-between and around. Together each of them function. But, are simultaneously different in how they are perceived. The dichotomy and diversity of these two opposing states is where things become intensified within our environment. Through the understanding of this relationship I propose to develop ideas which intensify the two, rather then seeking to find a definitive convergence. This thesis will actively discuss the nature of our condition within the construct of mechanical time vs. durational time. This approach is meant to be an intense experience, one that seeks to find the harshness of the two realities. Upon the ending of this thesis, this harshness will be tested upon a site that connects the visitors to the two opposing states of reality.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/809en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMontana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architectureen
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2007 by Justin Matthew Alexanderen
dc.subject.lcshArchitectureen
dc.titleMeditations upon durationsen
dc.typeThesisen
mus.data.thumbpage63en
thesis.catalog.ckey1307043en
thesis.degree.committeemembersMembers, Graduate Committee: Lori Ryker; Steve Juroszek; John Brittinghamen
thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture.en
thesis.degree.genreThesisen
thesis.degree.nameM Archen
thesis.format.extentfirstpage1en
thesis.format.extentlastpage117en

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