dc.contributor.advisor |
Jenner, R |
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dc.contributor.author |
Soleymani Ashtiani, Sudeh |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-08-01T23:16:49Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
2016 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/29735 |
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dc.description |
Full text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only. |
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dc.description.abstract |
Materials have always been the focus of my interest when designing or experiencing spaces. There is definitely something special about materials and their relations with the quality of space. This research initially starts by questioning the architectural quality of space. The notion of atmosphere is reviewed from the points of view of Peter Zumthor, Juhani Pallasmaa and Gernot Böhme. It is realised that atmosphere is intricately connected with human experiences and architectural quality. A series of factors – such as materiality, landscape, environment – lead architecture to create a particular atmosphere. The focus of the study is then directed towards materials as one of the essential components in creating atmospheres and, to be specific, the role of materials in defining architectural atmospheres. Finally, the study is narrowed down to wood or timber when used in architecture: this friendly, intimate and humane material. How does timber contribute in creating the space quality? The thesis seeks to recognise the nature of the material, its properties, its character and the modes of representing wood in which the material is true to its nature; of defining a relationship between timber as a building material and the quality of space. Although the evaluation of such relationship is subject to understanding materials from the human (subject) point of view – which is highly subjective in nature and is difficult to be defined within a limited outline – the assessment from the material (object) side helps in clearing the vagueness and could become the starting point in understanding the material. The long history and tradition in the use of wood clearly form the basis in grasping the spirit of the material. Wood has its own properties, its own forms and ultimately develops its own style. The nature of wood is in a way defined by its properties; in other words, material properties could form a basis for describing its nature. It is moreover comprehended that not only the tangible physical matter takes part in defining the atmosphere, but also the inherent intangible qualities of the matter that the material sets off through its real presence in the space. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Masters Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.relation.isreferencedby |
UoA99264872596802091 |
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dc.rights |
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dc.rights |
Restricted Item. Available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Towards a Poetics of Timber |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Architecture |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The Author |
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pubs.elements-id |
537408 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2016-08-02 |
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dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112926535 |
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