Face Value

dc.contributor.advisorSchaum, Troy
dc.contributor.committeeMemberFinley, Dawn
dc.creatorSalman, Abe Walid
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-17T18:30:36Z
dc.date.available2019-05-17T18:30:36Z
dc.date.created2018-12
dc.date.issued2019-04-15
dc.date.submittedDecember 2018
dc.date.updated2019-05-17T18:30:36Z
dc.description.abstractSociety must be dealt with today by the architect’s capacity to synthesize its ontology and bind its various co-inhabitants. The concept of society is no more a unitary whole defined by a singular motive but instead a plethora of different motives. This notion is delineated in various sociological facets involved with the theories of social atomism. In one case specifically, philosopher Peter Sloterdijk has inquired, “If the phrase ‘Every man is an island’ has become virtually true for most of the population in the modern metropolis, how can we still think of ‘society’ as a concept?”. These provocations, and similar others, pose questions as to how we as architects are to resolve the evolution of society. This undoubtedly leads to the significance of the role of the architectural envelope; It is architecture’s most communicative element. Be it social, political, technological, aesthetics, environmental, etc., the envelope is the materialization of all or some of these concepts and has the potential to communicate them. “Face Value” will use the envelope as a methodology to exploit today’s atomized society.
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dc.identifier.citationSalman, Abe Walid. "Face Value." (2019) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105929">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105929</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105929
dc.language.isoeng
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.
dc.subjectFacade
dc.subjectArchitecture Envelope
dc.subjectMethodology
dc.titleFace Value
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture & Building Science
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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