Field of edges

dc.contributor.advisorHight, Christopheren_US
dc.creatorRobinson, John Michaelen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T06:35:47Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T06:35:47Zen_US
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.description.abstract"Field of Edges" investigates how design modulates social and material worlds. Operative systems, infrastructural (freeways, roads) and ecological (bayous, land mosaics), provide objects of study to investigate territoriality and colonization. These systems are examined at the regional scale, the scale that connects the local with the global. Planimetric and sectional strategies are developed to maintain continuity and functioning as differing systems must navigate one another and the larger context. The strategies also offer methods of systems mapping one another through the design of performative substrates such that edges between systems manifest territoriality as thresholds or gradients, and thus the social world of interacting and competing agencies is manifested in material assemblages. The project takes as its site the existing urban condition of Houston and attempts to re-integrate or re-optimize fragmented regional networks.en_US
dc.digitization.specificationsThesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible.en_US
dc.format.digitalOriginreformatted digitalen_US
dc.format.extent105 ppen_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ARCH. 2006 ROBINSONen_US
dc.identifier.citationRobinson, John Michael. "Field of edges." (2006) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17911">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17911</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2826en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17911en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright 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.en_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectUrban planningen_US
dc.subjectRegional planningen_US
dc.titleField of edgesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
schema.accessibilityFeaturetaggedPDFen_US
thesis.degree.departmentArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen_US
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