THE FRACTURED FOURTH DIMENSION: RUPTURES BETWEEN TIME, PLACE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE MODERN LIFE

THE FRACTURED FOURTH DIMENSION: RUPTURES BETWEEN TIME, PLACE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE MODERN LIFE

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: LAUFFER, SARAH NÖEL
Language:English
Published: University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK 2004
Subjects:
Architecture
Time
Experience
Place
Modernity
Self-Preservation
Retreat
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1083346396
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ucin10833463962021-08-03T06:09:31Z THE FRACTURED FOURTH DIMENSION: RUPTURES BETWEEN TIME, PLACE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE MODERN LIFE LAUFFER, SARAH NÖEL Architecture Time Experience Place Modernity Self-Preservation Retreat In today’s Western world, specifically within the United States and its urban environments, preoccupation with the struggle to meet one’s present day economic and social needs diminishes the amount of time an individual feels he or she can spare for self-reflection and self-preservation. The term self-preservation is used in this context to define that which an individual needs to do in order to maintain mental and physical harmony in the modern milieu. This thesis posits that the struggle to meet the needs of everyday life is more pressing upon the individual within the urban environment than in other settings. People who work or live in the city feel that there is little or no time for ‘pause’ or self-preservation; hence, they leave the city in order to escape the temporal obligations imposed on them by modernity and their everyday lives. I am proposing that one does not need to physically leave the city in order to escape its pressures and pace. Strategic design in an urban environment can offset the effects of the temporal demands of modernity, allowing the distractions of everyday life to fade from the mind and creating a place for retreat, self-reflection and self-preservation to occur. In order to provide an environment for ‘pause’ within the city, I am designing an Urban Retreat for the Arts, a project that will enable me to translate my thesis concepts into built form. 2004-07-02 English text University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1083346396 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1083346396 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Architecture
Time
Experience
Place
Modernity
Self-Preservation
Retreat
spellingShingle Architecture
Time
Experience
Place
Modernity
Self-Preservation
Retreat
LAUFFER, SARAH NÖEL
THE FRACTURED FOURTH DIMENSION: RUPTURES BETWEEN TIME, PLACE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE MODERN LIFE
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title_full THE FRACTURED FOURTH DIMENSION: RUPTURES BETWEEN TIME, PLACE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE MODERN LIFE
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