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A critical culture requires that the site of appearance, the temporal coincidence of the subject, the object and the site, be acknowledged as a ground for meaning. Through a built investigation and a theoretical address this thesis examines the site of appearance for contemporary creative practice; the extent to which it continues to be defined by and contained within the conceptual frame of the Enlightenment aesthetic as the privileged discourse of the object. In a detailed analysis of the architecture of the exhibition, the 18th century Academy Salon and the Parisian bourgeois hotel are juxtaposed with examples from the late 20th century practice of site-specific exhibition. This comparison reveals an essential connection between art and architecture, between architectural form and social representation. An alternative concept of the exhibition as a site of appearance thereby acknowledges individual, temporally specific interpretation as a potential ground for critical discourse within the contemporary art institution.

This research investigates the phenomenon of pilgrimage, seeking to better understand the dimensions of space and power of place as it pertains to the individual pilgrim's relationship to a foreign environment while emphasizing the humanistic, experiential and physical aspects embedded within the process of pilgrimage. An examination of the concept of pilgrimage through the experience of an architect, pilgrimage as a vehicle for finding self, exploration of the phenomenology of place, and investigation of the fundamentals or anthropology of experience, will also be included.For an architect this unique and relatively untouched area of research has great importance. Architects are constantly searching for an understanding of the relationship between environments and people. The profession, as a whole, is trained to be especially sensitive to aesthetic and cultural aspects of the built environment. Furthermore, the study of pilgrimage, to date, lacks scholarly research conducted by architects, whose unique perception of three-dimensional space and knowledge of the language necessary to build unique places could potentially add insight into many aspects of the pilgrimage phenomenon. These aspects emphasize the role environment plays in pilgrimage and the spatial behavior of pilgrim's relationship to environment. / Department of Architecture

The purpose of this thesis is to show how the image of contemporary green buildings is being used to promote and uphold the idea of sustainability. The thesis focuses on two fundamental aspects: the role of the image in sustainability and the consumption of that image by the broader community. / I discuss how consumer culture constantly raises the standards of what constitutes a normal lifestyle in modern society and is used as a measure of social, cultural and economic status. These rising expectations affect material consumption which negatively impacts on the environment, societies and cultures. Consumption, therefore does not only involve the consumption of goods and services but also the symbolic value to them, and this is of great importance in any discussion of sustainability in architecture and design. / Thesis (MArchitecture)--University of South Australia, 2006

Thesis (M.Arch (Prof)) -- University of Pretoria, 2008. / Abstract in English.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-80). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.Arch.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-174). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.Arch.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.Arch.) - Carleton University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.Arch.) - Carleton University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-113). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.