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It may be Architecture

Abstract

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Architecture’s relationship to images is manifold: architecture starts with an image and results in an image. Staying true to the claim, the thesis posits that architecture and its images are interchangeable and enforces that the image should be translated into a spatial condition. The aim is to instrumentalize image-making techniques as a mode of designing space. The methodology of the thesis is constructed through formal analysis of contemporary image types, explicitly focusing on Instagram as the world’s largest image database. The ambition is to both understand and highlight the effects of the social media on image culture, specifically in architecture, and develop an alternative design procedure as a response to the rapid growth in the dependency on images in architecture.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Architecture
Level thesis:degree_level
Masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Architecture
Grantor
Rice University
Year dc:date.issued
2019

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Erar, Ekin
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Costanza, David

Subjects

dc:subject × 5

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.
Language dc:language.iso
eng

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Handle dc:identifier.uri
https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105433
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:repository.rice.edu:1911/105433

Chain of custody

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Last updated
2026-07-24
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citation

Erar, Ekin. It may be Architecture. Masters thesis, Rice University, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105433