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The following study investigates the fictional works of an early twentieth century Czechoslovakian writer named Franz Kafka. "The space of Kafka" is explored primarily through the "identity" of his characteristic monster figures and the temporally disjunctive narratives through which they travel. Monstrosity is qualified here as a principal mode of translation through which Kafka engaged the very terms of "identity" which an "individual" faces in the appearance of any "work". The intimations of a monstrous self are probed through Kafka's work in relation to human experience, intentionality, alterity and a "present" which is en-acted specifically as one form of the past. Through Kafka's paradigmatic "monster", "double" and "bachelor" figures, we find not "alternative" orientations of the "self" which contemporary literature and architecture may choose to undertake, but intrinsic re-presentations of the very relation which any self, any author, already is in the appearance of a "work".

City squares are found mostly in the older areas of cities. They are more part of the past than of the present. They played a decisive role in daily life. As places of assembly they fostered the exchange of ideas; as architectural entities they expressed the vitality of the city; “Civitas” emerged from the square. Today the significance of the city square has diminished and with it the attachment of people to the values it expressed. People are often unaware of its significance other than as a place on the way to work from which a larger stretch of sky is visible than from a street.

Note: Missing Page 166. / This thesis will deal with the Central Areas of Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, London and Quebec from a structure and form point of view. The first part provides a historical background of the development of the Central Areas. The second part deals with the theory of Central Areas, basically divided into two sections: the first section discusses theories of the structure: land use functions and the forces behind these functions; the second section deals with the form: physical structure and external visual qualities. The main statement is that the form is the result of the structure. This second part will give background to the third part, explaining and complementing it from a theory point of view. The third part is the actual study of the Central Areas of Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, London and Quebec, recording existing conditions in 1950 and 1962 and describing future plans. The fourth part will discuss the findings.

Housing is one of the most important basic necessities of human life next to food. The activity in housing does not meet the demands of increasing populations, with the result that today every country is facing a serious housing problem particularly in urban areas. It is an actual fact that the need for housing, particularly of people of low income in urban areas such as Bangkok, has reached a high level. The significance of this can be seen from the steady growth of housing projects, but most of them are not perfectly suited to satisfy the needs of the people sufficiently. In the country of Thailand as a whole this causes many problems, and especially in Bangkok where the problem has been more serious than in the other provinces.

Thailand, an area of about 200,000 square miles in the heart of Southeast Asia, stretches from latitude 5 30" North to 21 North, or not quite 1,000 miles. The longitudinal extent is half this distance, from 97 30" East to 105 30" East. It thus falls entirely within the tropical climate region. The country is bordered on the north-east by Laos, on the south-east by Cambodia, (these two countries, together with North Vietnam and South Vietnam, comprising the area once known as French Indo-China,) on the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaya and on the north-west and west by Burma. The whole country is made up of river plains, forested mountains, and plateaus. It is a tropical land where rice cultivation in the river basins is the primary mode of existence for its approximately 25.5 million people.

Following the generalities of the foreword, the actual subject requires to be more sharply defined. Municipal, provincial and federal agencies, large private corporations and welfare organizations have, on occasion, prepared reports and submissions investigating various and sundry aspects of the housing situation in the Montreal area. In addition, several generalized studies have been prepared, mainly under governmental instigation (see references in this study). However, a complete picture of the many aspects of this field has not yet been formed. The intention of this thesis is an evaluation and critical presentation of the overall picture rather than another fragmented analysis of one or two aspects.