Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2003. Graduate Programme in English. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 355-368). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ99204

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia College, 1894. / Translation of: De mundi sensibilis atque intelligibilis forma et principiis. Vita.

Wong Chui Kwan, Alice. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2009-2010, design report." / "May 2010." / Includes bibliographical references. / Chapter Sep-Dec 2009 // Part I --- Research and Experiment: Designing Parameter / Chapter i --- Introduction / What is parametric? / Critics & Doubts / Thesis Statement / Thesis Components / Chapter ii --- Theoretical Research / Terminology / Parametric / Parametric VARIATION / Parametric COMPLEXITY / range / correlation / ambiguity / Parametric Architecture / Parametric Benefits / "Logic, Factor & Parameter" / Levels ofVariation / Precedent Study / Parametric Tool / Rhinoceros Grasshopper / Tutorial Examples / Chapter iii --- Parametric Design Exercise / Parametric Machine / Parametric Mechanism / Interpretation into Design / GH scripting process / Chapter Jan-Apr 2010//Part II --- Architectural Project: Parametric Design / Chapter iv --- Architectural Project / Parametric House / Early Development / Drawings / Photos / Spatial Sequence (Perspective Collage) / Chapter v --- Special Study / Documentation of Design Making (Process & Methodology) / Site Condition vs Massing / Spatial Organization vs Differentiation Principle / Program Distribution vsView Openness / Chapter Xtra --- Thesis Abstract / Reference Article / Timeline Schedule / Presentation Materials / Sem I Posters / Sem II Posters / DLN Awards Special Studies - Shaping Cities / Grassopper Scripts (Snapshot) / Postface / Acknowledgment

The main motive for undertaking this thesis was the exploration of the special relation between space and word, a relation which has recently concerned architectural theory from various aspects. However it was for us important to explore this relation inside the framework of a special system, a system which allows the production of 'real' three dimensional space; drama. Our choice to deal with classical drama was based in its attributeof producing organised space in co-existence and interdependence with articulated speech. It was for us significant that we are not dealing with an internal imaginary space but with a space which is generated and materialised during performance on stage. This thesis's claim that its analysis takes its bearings from aspects of architectural theory requires clarification since it may set up in the mind of a reader from classical studies that the object of the thesisis purely architectural or relates to the physical fabric of the theatre. This is emphatically not the case. The aspect of architectural theory which we are concerned with, concerns the evolution of the analysis of space and spatial relationships. This type of analysis, which gradually achieved an almost autonomous field by the end of the twentieth century, is one which is not so much concerned with the physical or geometrical relations of space but of the experience of space as it is synthesised in the subject. In the first of our chapters we deal with those different readings attempting a critical presentation of the existing scholarship. Obviously it is the performance and all the conventions which govern it that fully define the space of drama. It is the 'event' (of architectural theories) - as this is realised through the characters of drama that make space exist. That space cannot be equated or reduced to the space of the theatre building. It was through this perspective that in the second chapter of our thesis we were concerned to identify the role and action of the main 'subjects' (or the main participants, as we use to call them) of drama. Thus it was necessary to investigate the role of the poet, the actor and the audience, not so much in order to understand how they experience theatrical space, but in reverse, in order to explore the way they influence the production of theatrical space. In order to understand performance, we need to confront the issues of representation in antiquity through the notion of mimesis and the possible application of the term eidolon to the theatrical space. One further target is then to reveal the importance of theatrical space as an innovative genre of space- the first representational space - the analysis of which could contribute to the understanding of the different notions of space in antiquity, especially the Platonic Khora. Those issues are confronted in the third chapter of this thesis where we argue that what we call the 'space in drama' depends upon a combination of different types of representations; representations that their referents can not be identified as they belong to the domain of myth. Thus our positive reason for using the resources of Greek philosophy to render the mechanisms of dramatic representation intelligible rests upon our wish to find material which would validate the proposition that these mechanisms were thinkable. Clearly a central question in the investigation of theatrical space in terms of the arguments put forward above is the relationship between space and language. In the fourth and last of our chapters we attempt to investigate the nature of what we call dramatic speech and its ability to create three- dimensional space on stage, in any of its forms (dialogue, monologue,direct, indirect). Recent theories of architecture have been preoccupied with the exploration of the interrelation of architecture with different disciplines mainly with language itself. The relation of architecture with language becomes more complex in two main ways which concisely refer on the one hand to the influence the analysis of the structure of language has on the development of architectural discourse and on the other, to the influence architectural discourse has on architectural practice. We see then that recent architecture criticism is not limited to the reading of buildings and the marking off of historical periods, but contributes to the development of architecture practice itself. The investigation of theatrical space's relation with word would have never been complete without the study of certain examples from the trilogy Oresteia. Those examples, dealt within the last part of the fourth chapter gave us the opportunity to validate our approach and enrich our conclusions concerning the issues which this thesis intended to clarify.

Orientador: Eliseu Savério Sposito / Banca: Bernardo Mançano Fernandes / Banca: Arthur Magon Whitacker / Banca: Beatriz Ribeiro Soares / Banca: Doralice Sátyro Maio / Resumo: Os arranjos socioespaciais que constituem a realidade urbana das cidades brasileiras vêm sendo influenciado, especialmente nas últimas três décadas, por uma participação constante de segmentos da sociedade civil organizada, entre os quais se destacam os movimentos sociais urbanos (MSUs) pela importância que vem assumindo ao atuarem diretamente no espaço a partir da produção do território, (conquista da moradia). O texto ora apresentado busca, assim, analisar a influência desses atores na produção social do espaço urbano, a qual se expressa na luta pelo direito à cidade. Subdividido em cinco capítulos, o texto corresponde à formação dos fundamentos que sustentam os processos responsáveis pelo surgimento desses atores sociais e suas relações com os fatores de formação da cidade. Para isso, selecionamos como recorte territorial a cidade de João Pessoa (PB) pelo fato dos MSUs presentes na cidade ainda estarem em processo de consolidação, ao contrário da realidade encontrada em outras metrópoles brasileiras. A pesquisa está estruturada a partir da análise dos discursos dos atores sociais estudados (MNLM, MLB, CMP e NDV) a cerca de temas como a produção do espaço e o futuro da cidade, sendo os resultados relacionados à análise da influência desses atores no processo organização do espaço. / Abstract: The socio-spatial arrangements that constitute the urban reality of Brazilian cities have been influenced by a constant participation of sectors of the organised civil society, especially in the last three decades. Amongst them, the urban social movements (USMs) can be highlighted because of the importance they have assumed by acting directly in space through the production of territory (housing conquest). Therefore, the text presented here aims to analyse the influence of these agents in the social production of the urban space that is revealed by the struggle for the right to city. The text is divided in five chapters and presents the formation of the basis that sustains the processes which are responsible for both appearing of these agents and their relations with the factors that shape the city. To achieve this aim, the city of João Pessoa (PB) was selected as the territorial basis of the analysis because, in this city, the USMs are still in process of consolidation, differently from other Brazilian metropolises realities. The research is framed through the speech analysis of the social agents studied (MNLM, MLB, CMP, NDV) in order to find out about themes just as production of space and the future of the cities. The results of that analysis are related to the influence of these agents in the space production process. / Doutor

Anotation: Practical part of dissertation is composed by collection of paintings named {\clqq}Dotek prostoru`` (touch of space). It is collection of eight middle sized and large sized paintings. They are created by using of acrylic paint in combination with tempera paint on the fibreboard and pasteboard. Connecting themes of complete cycle are architectural elements characterized for every single period of creation from primeval ages to 20th century. Significant point of whole cycle is especially colourfulness of paintings with target to speak to onlooker and tune him to positive energy. This cycle should be in the future realized on the walls of public pedestrian zone which is daily used by tens of people. Theoretical part of dissertation deal with influence of architectural scene and colourfulness on the psyche of human. Refers to authors which are engaged in to this dilema. Further this dissertation present for readers closer look with single motives and describing artistic intention of synthesis between architectural branch and other branches of artistic art. Especially with painting style. Describing way and technology of fulfilment for selected motives and theirs realisation.

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Preface: Concept analysis utilising Piaget and Gagne's theories is an expanding area of research in the 'exact' sciences such as physics and chemistry. It is, however, new to the concepts in geography which are 'non-exact'. The thesis, then, is an exploratory study; and concept analysis is considered a possible methodology for examining the students' understanding of non-exact geography concepts. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first contains an examination of the theory of concept analysis and a critical review of empirical studies, with a view to applying concept analysis to the discipline of geography. The second part involves what has been termed a case study, where concepts are selected for analysis, and students were tested for their understanding of the concepts.

From the Introduction, p. 1. During the past decade, the theory of twistors has been introduced and developed, primarily by Professor Roger Penrose, as part of a long-term program aimed at resolving certain difficulties in present-day physical theory. These difficulties include, firstly, the problem of combining quantum mechanics and general relativity, and, secondly, the question of whether the concept of a continuum is at all relevant to physics. Most models of space-time used in general relativity employ the idea of a manifold consisting of a continuum of points. This feature of the models has often been criticised, on the grounds that physical observations are essentially discrete in nature; for reasons that are mathematical, rather than physical, the gaps between these observations are filled in a continuous fashion (see, for example, Schrodinger (I), pp.26-31). Although analysis (in its generally accepted form) demands that quantities should take on a continuous range of values, physics, as such,does not make such a demand. The situation in quantum mechanics is not all that much better since, although some quantities such as angular momentum can only take on certain discrete values, one still has to deal with the complex continuum of probability amplitudes. From this point of view it would be desirable to have all physical laws expressed in terms of combinatorial mathematics, rather than in terms of (standard) analysis.