Sökning: "Roemer Van Toorn"
Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden Roemer Van Toorn.
1. Making architecture politically : from fresh conservatism to aestehtics as a form of politics
Sammanfattning : This research comes from a particular place, a rather unique moment in the history of the Netherlands when Dutch architecture started to be much applauded for its radical approach and innovative design when the typhoon of another modernization swept across the globe. Architects, municipalities, investors, developers, companies, institutions, politicians, inhabitants, educators, researchers, critics and alike, were all thrown into a kind of experimental condition, one being both pragmatic and geographical. LÄS MER
2. Building the city from the inside : architecture and urban transformation in Los Angeles, Porto, and Las Vegas
Sammanfattning : Positioned in the research field of “interior urbanism” (Rice, 2016), this thesis considers entrance situations that occur between buildings and cities in order to develop new ways of investigating the relationship between architecture and urban transformation. From the main research question—How does architecture mediate urban transformation?—the thesis focuses on experience-driven narratives about the city (Pine & Gilmore, 2011). LÄS MER