In this place with no names (Houston, Texas)

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dc.contributor.advisorSherman, William
dc.creatorHofius, W. Douglas
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:37:46Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:37:46Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.description.abstractThis investigation begins and ends with conditions present in the city of Houston, which in many ways typify processes at work in other urban centers around the country and around the world. One senses, in the vast empty ring which surrounds downtown Houston, the infinity of the great plains, in the midst of a highly urbanized context. The complete lack of hierarchy or figure inherent in this landscape seems to be a fascinating architectural problem. How do we build in such an area, and how do we come to grips with this vast emptiness which surrounds it? The conditions of emptiness and dematerialization inherent in the territory led to an investigation of the aesthetics of silence. Silence can be defined in three ways: first of all as a literal refusal to tell us anything. Secondly, as a condition of presence or immanence, and finally, as a condition of exhaustion, at the end of the line. All three conditions appeared to be present in the territory bordering downtown Houston to the East. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.)
dc.digitization.specificationsThesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible.
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dc.format.extent83 pp
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dc.identifier.callnoThesis Arch. 1992 Hofius
dc.identifier.citationHofius, W. Douglas. "In this place with no names (Houston, Texas)." (1992) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13582">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13582</a>.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13582
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subjectUrban planning
dc.subjectRegional planning
dc.titleIn this place with no names (Houston, Texas)
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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