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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Gottfried Semper"”.
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Poetics and practical aesthetics in the writings of Gottfried Semper.
… writings of the German architect and theorist Gottfried Semper (1803-1879). In his theoretical works, Semper addressed two main concerns. One was to develop an understanding of the ontological significance of art and architecture, the other was to render art and architecture the object of …
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Designing building skins
… thesis will use the ethnographic theories of Gottfried Semper as a basis for establishing themes that have persisted in the understanding and construction of closure elements since the earliest shelters of man. The issue of transparency and spatial depth will then be addressed as a modem …
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Material dialogues : exploring design methodologies in material tectonics through stone morphologies
… to its theoretical origins, such as the works of Gottfried Semper (2011), John Ruskin (1849), Kenneth Frampton (1998), and more recently, Manuel Delanda (2011 ), Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari (2005). By focusing on the morphological development of stone in classical and digital tectonic …
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Between Earth and Sky
… especially in reference to architecture. Gottfried Semper went further to use tectonic to define the qualities of making inherent in the constructed act. He broke down types of construction into that of using elements for a framework, such as wood frame construction, and that of using …
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Soft at the Joints
… design meets the reality of assembly. In 1851, Gottfried Semper proclaimed, “The beginning of building coincides with the beginning of textiles.” Over the past hundred and fifty years this statement has moved in and out of relevancy as manufacturing, digital tools, design trends and the role of …
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Dance with Musical Architecture: Eurhythmy in Gottfried Semper's works
A musician and an architect, Richard Wagner and Gottfried Semper, two German artists, influenced the theory of art in the nineteenth century in Germany. Wagner met Semper in a music shop and later they participated in various discussions regarding the history and theories of art and they both held …
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Woven Threads
… form, framed through the theoretical lens of Gottfried Semper. Semper’s framework, which focuses on the ideas of tectonics and narrative, provides a foundation for understanding how craft can conceptualise architectural design. At the core of the project is the exploration of weaving not only …
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Emergent Explorations: Analog and Digital Scripting
This book documents an exploration of emergent and linear modes of defining space, form, and structure. The thesis highlights a dialog between analog and digital modeling techniques, in concept and project development. It identifies that analog modeling techniques, coupled with judgment, can be …
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Knot/Knotting Practice in Craft and Space
… Nineteenth-century German architect and theorist Gottfried Semper’s idea that architectural form is derived from four basic material practices allies craft and architecture in my project and is the point of departure from which I make my argument. In the second chapter, to consider the …