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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1969. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2004. Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-144). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: LINK NOT YET AVAILABLE.

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-141). Also available via the Internet.

Contemporary architecture has failed to engage the rich culture of planar and spatial transformations of historical Muslim architecture, often relegating it to a form of naive pastiche or, at best, to the realm of historical reconstruction. In this project we make use of current digital technologies in an attempt to revisit and reinterpret, in modern terms, the geometric structure of patterns embedded in the historic Islamic architecture of Iran. The original contribution of this project lies in extending traditional two dimensional tiling patterns into a dynamic three dimensional state with the help of computational tools. The analogy to the classical Persian carpet as well as mobile character of design can also be seen as original. The notion of ‘transparency’ and ‘dynamism’ are interpreted using Autodesk’s Maya and Bentley’s Generative Components software. This report illustrates initial explorations and outlines future possibilities. In the past architects of the country were responsible for making the enclosure heaven-like while it was carpet weavers’ job to make the floor heaven-like. In this project as a symbolic approach, carpet and weaving becomes both the enclosure and the floor to define both floor and roof and symbolize the new approach through which we as architects use other disciplines and new tools such as new software to learn and shape the space and discover new vocabulary for a contemporary and local architecture for Iran. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of / Graduate

<p>This dissertation is an ethnography of local entrepreneurship in the TibetoNepalese carpet industry in Kathmandu, Ward 6 (Boudha) and the Jorpati Village Development Committee, Nepal. This industry achieved dramatic growth during the last decade, after European carpet buyers developed with Tibetan refugee exporters a hybrid 'Tibetan' carpet that combined European design with Tibetan weaving technique. As a result, thousands of Tibetan and Nepalese entrepreneurs came to occupy a new economic niche that was a creation of global commercial forces.</p> <p>This study is an analysis of survey and ethnographic-data from among three hundred carpet manufactories. My primary research consultants were the entrepreneurs (saahu-ji) who operated at a time when the industry was subject to international criticism about the abuse of child labour. Many earlier reports claimed that up to one half of all carpet labourers were children, but I found that by 1995 they were employed only infrequently, as a market downturn placed a premium on skilled weavers. The 'off season', as this market reduction is locally known, and the problem of child labour provides a temporal frame for this analysis.</p> <p>For a theoretical framework, Pierre Bourdieu's 'economy of practices' is used to interpret the data; in particular, I use the concept of social capital to explore the reproduction of ethnic, regional and kinship-based networks in the carpet weaving labour market. Carpet entrepreneurs view weaving labour as a risky resource that requires socially legitimate expertise to master. Child labour is often thought to be such a resource in developing craft industries, but in this case child labour was more an artifact of European demand than a traditional exploitative practice.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

CARPET is a mystery, It is not just woven one knot after the other It is a POEM, written one word after the other A SONG, composed one note after the other A PAINTING, done one color after the other A WALL, stacked one brick after (on) another. My architectural thesis began with the question of the relationship between the realm of the world most ancient craft and craft of building : The textile art and architecture. Two branches of art which are said their inventions coincide with each other and both came from the same origin : a pen (fence),an interwoven partition. The question of thesis led me to start my research on textile arts and weaving in particular which first became a problematic quest, since the remnants of the textile products, which are still to be found diffuse almost everywhere,have only very recently started to attract attention and the existing information pertained to their history or complex technical aspects of this branch will not suffice the profound need of surveying on textiles. The Carpet Museum will become a shelter for the preservation of this ephemeral craft, protecting this forgotten branch of art. The art of weaving has always been presented within art collections that include other decorative/technical arts, without having a well-deserved position for itself. I began the thesis by weaving : I wove a small piece of rug to explore architecture through the structure of carpets, textiles and weaving. In the design of the carpet museum,each building element such as bearing wall,window,stair,ceiling or sitting area became an architectural manifestation of a woven craft. / Master of Architecture

Bakalauro darbą sudaro: kūrybinis darbas, teorinis aprašas, du projektai ir verslo planas. Pateikiamas kūrybinis darbas pavadinimu „ TRANSFORMATA “. Tai daugiafunkcinis interjero objektas, lengvai transformuojamas bei transportuojamas, padedantis greitai ir efektyviai pakeisti aplinką, prisitaikantis prie besikeičiančių poreikių. Kilimą sudaro dvi atskiros dalys, kiekviena iš jų susilanksto į komfortabilų mini foteliuką. Atskiros dalys užsegimų pagalba jungiamos tarpusavyje į vientisą paminkštintą kilimą, kuris yra daugiafunkcinis, pritaikomas įvairioje aplinkoje, skirtas jaunimui mėgstančiam aktyvų gyvenimą, palankiai reaguojančiam į naujoves, siekiančiam minimalių pastangų dėka išgauti efektą. Objektas kuriamas poilsio zonai, taip pat gali būti naudojamas laisvalaikio praleidimui. Jis ne tik padeda taupyti kambario erdvę, bet ir sukuria neįpareigojančio, komfortiško, jaunatviško interjero įvaizdį ir suteikia jaukumo bei erdvumo namams. Kadangi kilimas kuriamas poilsio zonai, jo spalvinis sprendimas parinktas atsižvelgiant į spalvų psichofiziologinį poveikį žmogaus organizmui. Parinktas turkio ir juodos spalvų derinys veikia raminančiai, puikiai dera ir merginos, ir vaikino kambario interjere. Diplominiame darbe tiriama problema yra modernių, meninių sprendimų trūkumas Lietuvos kilimų ir jaunimo baldų rinkoje. Siekiant atrasti tiriamos problemos sprendimo būdą, sukurtas transformuojamas kilimas, kuris padės išvengti... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Bachelor work consist: creative work, theoretical description, project and business plan. Here we represent creative project with the name “TRANSFORMATA”. This is multifunctional object of interior, which is easy to transform and transport; helps fast and effectively change surroundings; adjust to your needs and demands. The carpet is divided into two separate pieces, and each piece can be transformed as a mini comfortable armchair. Separate pieces with the help of fasteners are connected into united, softened carpet, which is multifunctional, usable in various surroundings; also it is desighned for youth, who enjoys active life, positively reacts to changes and who seeks with minimal struggle achieve high effects. Although object is desighned for rest area, it can be used for leisure . It doesn’t just help to save space, but as well creates noncommittal, comfort and youtful image of interior; any house will look cosy and spacious. As the carpet designed for rest area, because of that the decision of the color was based on influence of colors to human psychology. The complex of turquoise and black colors was chosen as it affects people to calm down and it’s suited either to girls’ or either to boys’ home interior. In this graduation dissertation, we analyse the lack of modern, artistic solutions as a problem at Lithuanian industry of carpet and furniture for the youth. In order to find the solution to this certain problem, the transformable carpet was... [to full text]

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