Impresario of change

The common understanding regarding the profession of architecture is that the designer is only involved in a project up to the delivery of the building, but is almost never included in an extended role or level of involvement beyond this point. My thesis project tries to envision the architect as an "impresario of change" who not only completes the building, but afterwards begins to curate the specific material aspects of this environment according to its varying "seasons", which might include changes in its performance as well as ambient changes. Using the example of a hotel this proposed "impresario of change" model seeks to question preconceived ideas about the boundaries of our profession within a new economy built around the concept of experience and, at the same time, to examine the material implications of such a redefinition.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Architecture

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture

Grantor

Rice University

Year dc:date.issued

2004

Author dc:creator

• Frohn, Marc

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Finley, Dawn

• Economics
• Architecture

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/1911/17676

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.rice.edu:1911/17676