Inaug.-Diss.--Göttingen. / Bibliography: p. 112-114.

Inaug.-Diss.--Göttingen. / Bibliography: p. 112-114.

Thesis--Freiburg i. Br. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-166).

Inaug.-Diss.--Greifswald. / Vita.

The thesis analyses, among other things, the role of the monastery in Želiv among other attractivities and historical monuments in the Vysočina region. It also analyses its share on tourism of the region. It also explores the contemporary utilization of the monastery for the commercial and spiritual purposes and it suggests new possibilities in order to open the monastery even more to public than it is today. All these new suggestions have to respect genius loci of this location.

Architectural solution takes into account the existing shape of objects and functional use of objects. Largely focuses on the completion of the museum interior and obovenie jestvujúcih exposure. Using architectural elements to be linked to the existing condition of the building and its character as national cultural monument and therefore were significantly architectural elements used in a limited range. The main focus was on functional objects and art commissioning. Existing facilities have been made-the insertion of separate objects, more or less dependent on the original space.

PROJECT CONCEPT - The proposed area is located in the center of Znojmo Hradiště, surrounded on the south and west side by houses. The northern side is surrounded by forest and on the east side is monastery dominates . The dominant landscape unit is a valley of the Dyje river. Ravine of Gránický stream connect there from northwest. the newly created space was inserted area, which does not prevent the vista and the passage through the area. Newly formed part of the Hradiště serves all residents to use as public open space.

This is a study of the body and architecture, the way in which the two experience one another, the way in which one can inform the other. This thesis was centered around the consideration of the senses not as separate inputs, but as one harmonious quality of perception. The project began as an attempt to explore how the non-visual senses could inform the architectural gestation and developed into an exercise using the visual medium of drawings to illicit qualities beyond sight alone. The attempt to capture material quality through abstraction was likened to the search for the divine through our carnal existence on earth. The results attempted to express sensual qualities through a mixture of different media and their layering to demonstrate the development of the whole through the gestation and gradual realization of its fragments. A site in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia was chosen for its relationship to the tidal water of the Potomac River and the opportunities its previous life as a shipyard presented, as half of the site was excavated into the shoreline. The proposal of a spiritual home, a Cistercian monastery on a site that straddles land and water fit ideally with the theme of addressing materiality and abstract representation, the phsycial and spiritual, and the mind and body. Both the site and the program provided a fruitful counterpoint with which the thesis developed. / Master of Architecture

Die vorliegende Studie befaßt sich mit einigen ausgewählten Aspekten des Musiklebens im Kloster Osek (Ossegg) während des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts. Musikwissenschaftliche Forschungen zur Thematik und die in diesem Zusammenhang erschienenen Aufsätze - insbesondere aus der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts von Paul Nettl und Emilián Trolda - brachten bisher nur lückenhafte Ergebnisse.

The aim of this qualitative master thesis was to explore how a 30-days spiritual retreat at the prison in Kumla has affected male prisoners coping strategies in everyday life. Non-probability samples of five prisoners were interviewed and they were contacted through snowball sampling. Three of the participants were still serving their sentence in prison at the time of the interview, and two were released. The result showed a positive change within the areas of handling negative emotions, finding a meaning with incarceration, reconciliation with themselves, less infractions and a reevaluation of their lives. The result showed a positive change in all of the prisoner’s lives in various areas. A majority have started to define themselves as spiritual and believing in a God or "a creating power" after attending the retreat. The negative influence of the spiritual retreat could be a new spiritual concept taking over their previous criminal lifestyle. There could also be seen a tendancy towards religious ruminations.