First one was called 'total immersion'. Fascinating thesis about the importance of the sense of self in architecture- quite similar to what i want to do right? He started of explaining the importance of senses and so forth, very little research done in the sense that only 1/4 of the book was analyzing hypothetically and the rest was site study and analysis and so forth.
Key points:
-In the beginning of the book, he did a self experiment based on something he read. He locked him self up in total darkness for 5 hours and explained his feelings during that time. [the main idea of his thesis revolves around shadows] He talked about at the end of the experiment how the only thing he could visualize is him in his sitting position, he lost the touch of space and therefore time. Complete sense of self.
-He ended the thesis based on a narrative walkthrough of his design where he guides you through the building and writes what you see and what you feel as you progress through. It is very similar style to the starting experiement of the book, except this experience is for the reader. By doing this he is able to describe his design exactly how he wanted it to be and feel, rather than telling you what is supposed to be here and there through images and diagrams, he tells you that you are feeling it and seeing it. Naturally it is well written so you feel that you have gone through his building with the exact experience he planned for you. He was able to successfully encapture you in a world where it supports his proposal fully.
-Very short thesis, very straight forward, simple yet fully supported arguments and resolved issues.
-The entire design of the thesis and pages reflected his ideas. The hard cover of the book had cut out words which fully engages his idea of the shadow and sensory stuff.. [yes i'm tired]
obviously was much nicer that it is in this photo. It was so glossy that i kept thinking the back plastic was mirrored because the light that goes through the gapped letters is so bright on the glossy back background that it was bright silver. I was fascinated by the cover for a long time trying to figure out what was going on. PERFECT
Paper used felt really good on the fingers. Thick & rough matte, sorta felt like handmade paper. Slightly cream. All very emotive, triggers all senses.
abstract. I don't know how much of a part the rhythm of nature played in his design. Kinda felt added on to suit it's context [viaduct]The second thesis i read was called "cities in the eyes of the child"
-It started of as an analysis of the current childcare facilities and statistics
-Somehow reasoned the need of childcare places in the city is for the adult to reconnect or something, something about using children as a medium
-built and examined several prototypes of what he wanted to create for the mid city- fully investigated each prototype and improved until the final design was produced. This is what i liked the most about his thesis.
His thesis was a little hard to read as it was clearly formatted with photoshop and therefore the text was not crisp and clear. It was very collected, calm and well organised like the previous thesis. But clearly that didn't loose him many points.
I still need to read many more, I don't have time to thoroughly read each thesis yet as i'm simply looking for a topic and trying to understand what a thesis is. [For example i now know i definitely need to make a building and most likely need a real site!] I will go through more and learn the perks of each :)
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