Action, alienation and Bacchus

In order to counter the alienated condition of man it is necessary to promote the reconciliation of the Dionysian and Apollonian. These are the forces that characterize the eternal swing from nature to artifice. While evidence of the Apollonian will to construct an ordered reality abounds in the contemporary city, the ability to access the Dionysian realm of truth is not provided for. The ancient urban form of the stoa--by giving shape to the space of the agora--allowed for an immersion into the sensuous world of Dionysos. The stoa defined the space and established an experience where a Dionysian immersion was mediated by Apollonian determination and order. By reviving the function of the stoa in the contemporary city, much can be done to ameliorate the alienated condition of man.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Architecture

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture

Grantor

Rice University

Year dc:date.issued

1993

Author dc:creator

• Brain, Ariel Fernando

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• McKee, Elysabeth Yates-Burns

• Architecture
• Philosophy

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

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13696

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.rice.edu:1911/13696