The dark side of architecture

INTERESTED in finding limits - personally, of others, of society - and pushingbeyond them, to explore realms outside of the common and the comforting todeepen and explore experiences, thedark side of architecturesearches for theedges, the margins of the accepted spaces of society and tries to transcend themin an attempt to find new experience and space outside of the spheres of everydayspace.The dark side of architecture,then, may be understood as the spaces opposingor outside of the ordinary, conventional or normal spaces; taboo space, findingthe limits of the accepted reflects not only rules and regulations, but also reflectssociety, all other spaces and the morals and values of society - spatially and ingeneral.The dark side of architectureis an attempt to find these spaces that arceither on theboundaryor just beyond, in hope of procuring the characteristics andpossible potential contained within the unfamiliar, strange and unknown space.This thesis is a speculation of the 'dark side', beginning with an attempt to definethe connotations and implications of the so called,dark side of architecture.alongside a journey to attempt to locale dark space: where it resides, its forms,functions and inhabitants. To locate and situate dark architecture is an attemptto explore the potentials and eventually - if possible - apply these characteristicstowards a design of, or for, the dark side of architecture.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture

Grantor dc:publisher

Carleton University

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Johnston, Adam

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 2012 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, research, scholarship, and teaching. Theses may only be shared by linking to Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be used without proper attribution to the author. No part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

10.22215/etd/2012-11334

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/39503