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Instruments of Memory: The Architect as Archivist

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

The mental space in which the architect formulates, tests, and cultivates an idea is deformed by memory, so that nothing projected into this space is bereft of association. However, neither is this space constrained by physical reality, allowing the architect a certain freedom to visualize the totality of an object and the world in which it is projected, simultaneously and in suspension: a space between memory and imagination. Memories and experiences layer richness upon this inner world and form the context for its manifestation; its realization. The deliberate and conscientious curation of this inner world-- the architect as archivist of memory and experience-- is an essential practice for the development of the architect and the worlds in which they operate.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Architecture
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Architecture
Department dc:contributor.department
Architecture
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2014

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Smith, Liam Arthur
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Weiner, Frank H.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Doan, Patrick A.
  • Martin, Shelley F.

Subjects

dc:subject × 8

Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:2166
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/25285

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2026-07-22
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citation

Smith, Liam Arthur. Instruments of Memory: The Architect as Archivist. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/25285