Architecture + hypermedia: a didactic approach to exploring architecture as both content and method in a hypermedia environment; prototype project, an interactive multimedia CD-ROM on exploring sacred Tibetan architecture

This thesis is an inquiry into the ways in which architecture and hypermedia can become symbiotic disciplines through the confluence of shared concepts and principles of design. In this information age, hypermedia offers us the ability to dynamically organize and access vast networks of data, information and sensory experiences. The added dimensions of space, time, movement and interactivity generate not only much greater data storage capacity, but also more ways for improving the experiential, cognitive and mnemonic qualities of our interaction with information. Architectural principles of spatial organization offer us a way of structuring information such that the navigation through it is as intuitive as through physical environments. In return, dynamic and interactive hypermedia environments can be applied to enhance our knowledge, experience and understanding of architecture. In my prototype, architecture is used as both content, organizational metaphor, and navigational method. This reciprocal relationship between form and content serves to reinforce and enhance the didactic quality of the prototype project.

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

2000

Author dc:creator

• Chau, Katie

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 2000 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/2000-04511

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/35943