It is the intention of this thesis to present not only a visual exploration of a design problem, but also an explanation of a particular design process. It is fashionable these days for a designer to make statements about his design philosophy as a way of legitimizing his architectural intentions. My aim is to avoid this kind of justification by instead presenting the project as a process description. This description will make my beliefs and intentions both evident and understandable to those unfamiliar with my work as well as provide a personal record of the project’s development. To date my architecture education has been shaped in different countries, through different educational systems, and with different teachers and students. This thesis stands as a record of my accumulated experiences and as a description of a personal approach to working with architectural problems. I believe the most important part of an architecture education is the development of one‘s own design process. This exposition represents a beginning. / Master of Architecture

Architecture is experience. Man experiences the Architecture within which he lives, works, plays and worships. As a necessity this experience must include a successful response to the needs of its inhabitants in order to fulfill its stated and intended purposes. In this sense man experiences his Architecture in the physical realm of its existence. Yet Architecture is an experience of the spirit. Architecture, through its presence, must elevate man, beyond the physical sense, and strive to glorify the inner being. In the opening section of this thesis I will briefly examine a few ancient ruins in an effort to explore the spiritual nature of Architecture. Following this exploration I will then move into the design portion of the thesis. The project is a theological library and scholar’s complex located on Roosevelt Island in the Potomac River. / Master of Architecture

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Beginning in the mid 19th Century, intercontinental railroad service made it possible for theatrical road companies to move more freely across America and perform in the smaller community opera houses. This thesis is about one of these opera houses, the Homestake Opera House in Lead, South Dakota. This thesis chronicles the events from the conception of the opera house by Pheobe Hearst and Thomas Grier, to the construction of the structure, 1911 through 1914, and finally through some of the events that took place in the opera house from the opening in August, 1914 to late November, 1936, at which time the opera house was converted into a movie house. Focus is given to the road companies that performed in the opera house within the time period specified. Such performances are chronicled by date, company name, title and type of performance, and names of the author(s).

The addition to the College of Architecture and Design Weimar, the former Bauhaus Weimar, consolidates the two existing buildings designed by Henry van de Velde into a new complex with 40,000 sf of existing building and 100, 000 sf of new structure. The new facility contains a 300 seat auditorium, library, lecture and seminar rooms, administrative offices, cafeteria, photo lab and gallery as well as extended studios and offices.Contrary to the brief of the competition which only requires an addition for the Department of Architecture, the position taken here, proposes an interweaving of the Art and Architecture Departments. The Bauhaus interweaves these two schools in the same way as the definition of art and architecture have come to include each other. The additional structure integrates therefore the idea that the building is used both by architecture and art students.Since the project is for a College of Architecture and Art, I believe the new College of Art and Architecture must confront the challenges of current thinking; the search for a new integration of concept and form it must move over the deconstructive approach by achieving a complexity not as a contradiction but as an acceptance of the duality of existence.This interelationship is represented in the famous play "Faust". Written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who spent almost 60 years (and most of them in Weimar) working on this piece, the play raises diverse and contradictory questions: 1. of knowledge, 2. of identity and 3. of morality in terms that reflect the 'doubleness' of all beings in nature. Faust becomes important when we recognize the memory of such themes in Weimar.The pieces, and hence, the structure of the play are not composed as a narrative but as an dialogue of different stories. The development of the design parallels the play in which the play becomes the concept and the concept becomes the play; several events - each centered on one major event- provide the scenes for the building. / Department of Architecture

M.Tech. (Architectural Technology) / This project seeks to explore the role of architecture in the design of the Home Affairs as a public government institution through establishing and revealing aspects of both multiple and national identity towards the users of the building (local and immigrant population). The architectural aim of this project is to redefine the regional office of Home Affairs in the inner-city of Johannesburg as a multi-national and cultural building which reveals dignity, integrity, diversity and citizenship. By rethinking the notion of the "public" and "private" realm, the aim is to begin to blur these thresholds through concepts of transparency between the receiver of the service and the service provider. With the transition from the apartheid rule to the current "democratic" society, architecture is constantly used by government to reinforce the concept and ideology of democracy through projects such as the Constitutional Court and the Apartheid Museum. Though the Home Affairs is a government institution, its connection to issues of identity involving both nationals and foreign nationals suggests an approach which acknowledges multiple identities in a cosmopolitan city such as Johannesburg. In recent years, some government buildings which were symbolic in the previous political regime have simply been revamped and re-appropriated (Freschi, 2006).

This document is submitted in partial fulfi lment for the degree: Master of Architecture [Professional] at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, in the year 2013. / Made in Istanbul explores the heritage potential of the Galata area in Istanbul, Turkey. The research is focused on intangible heritage which is the craft networks, trade and community that brought the Galata district into being. Craft networks are embedded in the city and have been established over generations. Currently this trade is threatened due to greater municipal plans to make these areas touristic and convert buildings into cafes, bars and hotels. There is value in having craft and productions sites in the city and is an authentic reading for the city that dates back to Roman/Ottoman times. The aim of this project is to empower the existing community of craftsmen by using cultural interventions and tourism in a positive way to strengthen this trade. The design component of this research is a design residency and public space which becomes a platform for collaboration between creators (artists, designers, architects, writers, fi lm makers and etc) and master craftsmen. The site for this project has an historic byzantine city wall that dates back to the 1500’s. This wall is one of the few that still exist in the Galata area today. Careful consideration was taken to integrate this historic relic into the design with respect and sensitivity and to create a dialogue between old and new. This resulted in a contemporary light glass and steel structure to enhance and contrast with the historic stone wall.

Chan King Wai Kelvin. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2004-2005, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 91). / mongkok and latent anxiety --- p.3 / dormant silence --- p.4 / zen and concept --- p.5 / design approach --- p.6 / mongkok --- p.7 / precedent studies --- p.12 / early design --- p.24 / final design sketches --- p.33 / diagrams & development --- p.37 / FINAL design --- p.48 / models --- p.72 / perspectives --- p.83

Ng Kai Tik. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2004-2005, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / introduction --- p.01 / city --- p.03 / traditional Chinese garden --- p.05 / Chinese opera --- p.35 / precedent --- p.39 / thesis design / intention --- p.57 / programme --- p.59 / site --- p.61 / process --- p.69 / final design --- p.89 / plans --- p.109 / section --- p.125 / detail --- p.126 / bibliography --- p.127

Lee Kwong Wai Thomas. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1996-97, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / Contents --- p.i / Chapter Part I: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1 --- Personal Design Objectives --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1 --- Personal Design Objectives --- p.2 / Chapter 2 --- Project Selection --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- Description of Subject --- p.3 / Chapter 2.2 --- Description of Clients and Users --- p.3 / Chapter 2.3 --- Description of Site and Context --- p.3 / Chapter Part II: --- Project Analysis --- p.4 / Chapter 3 --- Subject Analysis --- p.5 / Chapter 3.1 --- Brief Formation --- p.5 / Chapter 3.2 --- Precedents --- p.5 / Chapter 3.3 --- Relevant Forms and Typologies --- p.6 / Chapter 3.4 --- Appropriate Technologies --- p.6 / Chapter 3.5 --- Architectural Language --- p.6 / Chapter 4 --- Client/User Analysis --- p.7 / Chapter 4.1 --- Functional Relationships --- p.7 / Chapter 4.2 --- Organizational Hierarchies --- p.7 / Chapter 4.3 --- Activities --- p.7 / Chapter 4.4 --- Social Patterns --- p.7 / Chapter 4.5 --- Schedule of Accomodation --- p.8 / Chapter 5 --- Site/Context Analysis --- p.11 / Chapter 5.1 --- Location --- p.11 / Chapter 5.2 --- Climate --- p.11 / Chapter 5.3 --- Landscape --- p.11 / Chapter 5.4 --- Adjacent Buildings --- p.11 / Chapter 5.5 --- Infrastructure --- p.11 / Chapter 5.6 --- Ground Conditions --- p.12 / Chapter 5.7 --- Access and Transportation --- p.12 / Chapter 5.8 --- Zoning and Codes --- p.12 / Chapter Part III: --- Process --- p.13 / Chapter 6 --- Urban Design Process --- p.14 / Chapter 6.1 --- 01 Oct 96 Review --- p.14 / Chapter 6.2 --- Process... --- p.15 / Chapter 6.3 --- 22 Nov 96 Review --- p.16 / Chapter 6.4 --- Process... --- p.18 / Chapter 6.5 --- 14 Dec 96 Final Review of Urban Design --- p.19 / Chapter 7 --- Building & Places Design Process --- p.21 / Chapter 7.1 --- 08 Jan 97 Review --- p.21 / Chapter 7.2 --- Process… --- p.22 / Chapter 7.3 --- Process... --- p.23 / Chapter 7.4 --- 27 Jan 97 Review --- p.24 / Chapter 7.5 --- Process... --- p.26 / Chapter 7.6 --- 17 Feb 97 Intermediate Review --- p.27 / Chapter 7.7 --- Process… --- p.29 / Chapter Part IV: --- Final Project --- p.31 / Chapter 8 --- Final Project --- p.32