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Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

How can I design a good building? There are some buildings and some places that feel so alive and beautiful, and make me want to stay there forever. Is there any method I can use so that I can design one of them? The main goal of my thesis was to find the answer to that simple question. Supposedly an answer lies in the pattern language developed by Christopher Alexander to allow anyone to design a building that feels alive, and has a special quality that makes buildings and places beautiful. I developed my thesis to use his pattern language to design a 12-story mixed-use -- retail, office, and residential -- project located in downtown Washington, D.C. at 1000 Connecticut Avenue, NW. My thesis introduces the theory and methodology of pattern language, narrates the process of the project development, and presents the resulting building. It also includes the challenges I faced and, with the benefit of hindsight, my further reflections on the project, as well as a brief introduction to the area for further study. The book is organized in chronological order of thesis development. / Master of Architecture

Zugl.: Berlin, Techn. Universiẗat, Diss., 2008. / Hergestellt on demand.

Zugl.: Wien, Univ., Dipl.-Arb.

This thesis examines how the concept of an auteur (author of a film) has developed within contemporary Hollywood and popular culture. Building on concepts from Timothy Corrigan, this thesis adapts the ideas of the author and the commercial auteur to examine how director Christopher Nolan's name, and film work, has become branded as "realist" by the Hollywood film industry and by Nolan's consistent self-promotion. Through recurring signatures of "realism," such as, cinematic realism (immersive filmic techniques), technical realism (practical effects and actual locations), subjective realism (spectator access to a character's point of view), psychological realism (relatable motivations) and scientific realism (factual science), Nolan's work has become a recognizable and commoditized brand. Like many modern-day auteurs, Nolan himself has been used as a commodity to generate interest to his working methods and to appeal audiences to his studio films. Analyzing each of Christopher Nolan's films along with the industrial and cultural factors surrounding them, a method for understanding contemporary auteurism in Hollywood is presented. Through a consideration of extra-textual components, including promotional featurette's and journalistic interviews with Nolan, as well as his film crew, this thesis will explore how Nolan might be considered a template for a future of auteur branding.

Notre mémoire propose l’analyse de la dimension métafictionnelle du roman La fontaine pétrifiante [The Affirmation, 1981] de l’écrivain anglais Christopher Priest. Convoquant des idées de Bougnoux, Dällenbach, Klein, Paterson, Ricardou et Saint-Gelais, notre étude s’attarde à la manière dont les dispositifs métafictionnels, en dépit de leur potentiel déstabilisant, sont pour la plupart graduellement pris en charge par l’univers diégétique. En effet, nous envisageons une avenue de lecture qui attribue des motivations aux procédures réflexives de ce roman de science-fiction. La mise à mal de l’autorité narrative, l’enchâssement réciproque des récits, le transit, la métalepse et le télescopage semblent ainsi se mettre au service de la fiction, ce qui a pour conséquence de préserver l’effet de représentation, ou du moins, de ne pas l’entraver. / This thesis explores the metafictional dimension of British novelist Christopher Priest’s 1981 novel The Affirmation [La fontaine pétrifiante]. Making use of theories and ideas from the works of Bougnoux, Dällenbach, Klein, Paterson, Ricardou, and Saint-Gelais, this study shows how metafictional devices, in spite of their destabilizing potential, are gradually incorporated by the diegetic universe deployed in the novel. This study relies on a specific analytic reading that attributes motivations to the reflexive mecanisms found in Priest’s science-fiction novel. For instance, experimental devices such as the constant questioning of narrative authority, the multiplication of embedded plots and storylines, the transit, the frequent use of metalepsis and telescoping, seem all to serve the purpose of the story, therefore preserving the effect of realist representation or, at least, not disrupting it.