Browsing by Subject "Architecture"

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    An Architectural Imaginary
    (2014-05-20) Shopoff, Marna; Horvath, Robert
    My work is a vehicle to investigate the perceptual intimacy I find within public spaces. Blending contemporary with classical approaches to art and spatial relationships, I use the idea of perception as a function of human experience, place and personal memory. I explore compositional, personal and experiential connections while creating an invitation for the viewer to do the same. A paradox exists within the material realm. I identify with who I am through the spaces I inhabit and feel as if my body can extend its presence into the built environment. My artwork becomes a lens that reveals the temporality of my experiences. Using architecture and abstraction as a philosophical approach in my paintings, architecture becomes both a visual bridge between inside and out, and a passageway of self-reflection. Abstraction is a way to move through a space. My work explores how art can become a space by its interaction with the environment and how the space can become the artwork. I conceptualize ideas relating to place identity and my lived experiences within the built environment. I view the world in a particular way because of the context in which I have experienced it: the architecture, spatial politics, personal relationships, public and private intimate spaces. I am interested in the interpretation of and the interactions with the spaces that surround me: what memories or feelings do these spaces spark and what sort of energy do they project? Likewise, I am interested in the roles that art plays in culture, architecture, and the site-specificity of spatial relationships that are formed by these interactions. My work explores whether, through art, we can share our individual perceptions, whether someone can access and experience a new view of the world through my artwork and how I can create a new space via my art.
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    BLDG
    (2018) Boll, Greg; Hudnall, Katie; Furqueron, Reagan; Baker, Lesley
    BLDG is a concept - a group of parameters, which create an internal logic. It is a system, in the loosest sense of the word; it is just rigid enough to be productive, but open-ended and flexible enough that a variety of artistic responses and readings are possible. Drawing on numerous disciplines, both artistic and not, it establishes a framework for producing assemblages from a minimal palette of readymade construction materials. BLDG is momentarily self-contained and self-organized. But, references to the world outside itself keep the works from feelings insular and allow new connections to be made between its source disciplines. While markedly different in form, BLDG is the synthesis of ideas about process, space, material, structure, and the object, explored in the works preceding it. Though invested in the assemblages it produces, BLDG is far more interested in, and directed toward, the ideas which these constructions advance. To probe and develop these ideas further, it embraces the ephemeral; the objects created are temporary embodiments of the ideas it promotes. Their provisional nature expresses a position of between-ness. Between noun and verb, object and idea; not necessarily thing, yet not solely action. Between temporary and permanent, no longer physically present, but as an idea easily reconstructed; momentarily static, yet forever changing. Between disciplines - specifically architecture, construction, furniture, design, drawing, sculpture - pulling them into conversation with each other in new ways. Between simplicity and complexity, minimal in material, but maximal in action. Between direction and improvisation. Between stability and collapse, embracing a precariousness that produces uncertainty and unveils the process to the viewer. Between start and end, one part of an evolving continuum reconfiguring ideas from past works to test and develop for future works.
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    German Literature and Architecture, 1850-2015
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2016-04-08) Carstensen, Thorsten
    Architecture is omnipresent in the European and American literatures of both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Ever since the publication of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s pamphlet “Von deutscher Baukunst” [On German Architecture] in 1772, modern German literature in particular has been preoccupied with reflecting and responding to the history of building and dwelling. The proliferation of architectural images in German literature often coincides with historical change and upheaval, be it the quest for national identity after the failed German revolution of 1848, colonial aspirations around 1900, rapid urbanization during the Weimar Republic, or the calls for total mobilization in the early 1930s. Scholars, however, have yet to properly address the productive dialogue between German literature and architecture. Most critics focus their discussions on the interrelatedness of identity, narrative, and space. Moreover, studies of textual representations of interiors, facades, or entire cityscapes are often limited to the use of architecture as metaphor. I propose to pursue a broader agenda by reconstructing the architectural knowledge of modern German literature. Situated at the nexus of literary imagination and socio-political events, my current research project argues that literary texts can be seen as built environments interacting with real-world architecture. Literature serves as a cultural archive, capturing architectural traditions, commenting on contemporary fashions, and projecting visions of how we want to live. My in-depth study of the architectural context of modern literature follows four distinctive lines of inquiry: First, what happens when a literary text attempts to produce meaning by incorporating architecture? Second, can we surmise a connection between a text’s architectural references and its implied political agenda? Third, how are literary representations of architecture related to critiques of modernity? And, finally, how does literature reflect socio-political processes such as gentrification and urban sprawl?
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    "How Others Have Built": A Sketch of Indianapolis Construction and Demolition Patterns
    (2018-12) Ryan, Jordan B.; Monroe, Elizabeth Brand; Barrows, Robert G.; Cramer, Kevin; Selm, William
    This thesis argues that an architectural surveying methodology via newspaper sampling offers new insight historic preservationists can use to more efficiently predict demolitions. Using data collected from the “Home Builder’s Department” section of the Indianapolis Star, this study compiles architectural information on 425 structures, mostly single-family and duplex residences, built between 1909 and 1926. Engaging with the historiographical themes of public history and architectural history as well as methodological components of historic preservation and digital humanities, the data-centric model relies on a collection of sampled newspaper articles, which were analyzed for specific information, compiled into a data repository with supplemental research, and then incorporated into the ArcGIS program for interpretation. The project provides a synopsis on early twentieth century building trends in Indianapolis and offers implications regarding the role that factors such as building type, geographic location, federal and municipal historic district protections, architectural style, and exterior building material or cladding play in predicting demolitions. Beyond these predictive results, this study also suggests a city-wide surveying methodology for organizing and analyzing large quantities of historic architecture for preservation planning initiatives.
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    Indy Postcard Collector, February 2023
    (Indianapolis Postcard Club, 2023-02) Hook , Sara Anne
    The February 2023 issue of Indy Postcard Collector, published by the Indianapolis Postcard Club, edited by Sara Anne Hook, Professor Emerita.
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    "Minds will grow perplexed": The Labyrinthine Short Fiction of Steven Millhauser
    (2014-02-25) Andrews, Chad Michael; Rebein, Robert, 1964-; Eller, Jonathan R., 1952-; Bourus, Terri
    Steven Millhauser has been recognized for his abilities as both a novelist and a writer of short fiction. Yet, he has evaded definitive categorization because his fiction does not fit into any one category. Millhauser’s fiction has defied clean categorization specifically because of his regular oscillation between the modes of realism and fantasy. Much of Millhauser’s short fiction contains images of labyrinths: wandering narratives that appear to split off or come to a dead end, massive structures of branching, winding paths and complex mysteries that are as deep and impenetrable as the labyrinth itself. This project aims to specifically explore the presence of labyrinthine elements throughout Steven Millhauser’s short fiction. Millhauser’s labyrinths are either described spatially and/or suggested in his narrative form; they are, in other words, spatial and/or discursive. Millhauser’s spatial labyrinths (which I refer to as ‘architecture’ stories) involve the lengthy description of some immense or underground structure. The structures are fantastic in their size and often seem infinite in scale. These labyrinths are quite literal. Millhauser’s discursive labyrinths demonstrate the labyrinthine primarily through a forking, branching and repetitive narrative form. Millhauser’s use of the labyrinth is at once the same and different than preceding generations of short fiction. Postmodern short fiction in the 1960’s and 70’s used labyrinthine elements to draw the reader’s attention to the story’s textuality. Millhauser, too, writes in the experimental/fantastic mode, but to different ends. The devices of metafiction and realism are employed in his short fiction as agents of investigating and expressing two competing visions of reality. Using the ‘tricks’ and techniques of postmodern metafiction in tandem with realistic detail, Steven Millhauser’s labyrinthine fiction adjusts and reapplies the experimental short story to new ends: real-world applications and thematic expression.
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    "Perennially New": Santa Barbara and the Origins of the California Mission Garden
    (UC Press, 2010-09-01) Kryder-Reid, Elizabeth
    The evidence presented in "Perennially New": Santa Barbara and the Origins of the California Mission Garden shows that the iconic image of the mission garden was created a century after the founding of the missions in the late eighteenth century, and two decades before the start of the Mission Revival architectural style. The locus of their origin was Mission Santa Barbara, where in 1872 a Franciscan named Father Romo, newly arrived from a posting in Jerusalem, planted a courtyard garden reminiscent of the landscapes that he had seen during his travels around the Mediterranean. This invented garden fostered a robust visual culture and rich ideological narratives, and it played a formative role in the broader cultural reception of Mission Revival garden design and of California history in general. These discoveries have significance for the preservation and interpretation of these heritage sites.
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    Perfect Imperfection
    (2014-05) Conrady, Denise; Robinson, Cory
    In this thesis, I will describe my journey of coming into a Master of Fine Arts Furniture Design program from an Interior Design and Architecture background and how I found my identity as an artist. I will present the installation Perfect Imperfections: a space that I created with the intention of allowing people to interact with alluring, sensuous, familiar objects; to have fun, and to experience joy with playful, childlike, imagination. I suggest that creating spaces and objects that elicit positive emotional responses are beneficial to health and well-being. I propose that this installation situates itself somewhere between the domains of Art and Design in a realm that could be called DesignArt1. I believe that I have found a place where I can make a difference, that, like Carl Auböck, good design can heal the world, (Kois 10) and that designers have a responsibility to do good (design).
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    Plant Level IIoT Based Energy Management Framework
    (2023-05) Koshy, Liya Elizabeth; Chien, Stanley Yung-Ping; Chen, Jie; King, Brian
    The Energy Monitoring Framework, designed and developed by IAC, IUPUI, aims to provide a cloud-based solution that combines business analytics with sensors for real-time energy management at the plant level using wireless sensor network technology. The project provides a platform where users can analyze the functioning of a plant using sensor data. The data would also help users to explore the energy usage trends and identify any energy leaks due to malfunctions or other environmental factors in their plant. Additionally, the users could check the machinery status in their plant and have the capability to control the equipment remotely. The main objectives of the project include the following: • Set up a wireless network using sensors and smart implants with a base station/ controller. • Deploy and connect the smart implants and sensors with the equipment in the plant that needs to be analyzed or controlled to improve their energy efficiency. • Set up a generalized interface to collect and process the sensor data values and store the data in a database. • Design and develop a generic database compatible with various companies irrespective of the type and size. • Design and develop a web application with a generalized structure. Hence the database can be deployed at multiple companies with minimum customization. The web app should provide the users with a platform to interact with the data to analyze the sensor data and initiate commands to control the equipment. The General Structure of the project constitutes the following components: • A wireless sensor network with a base station. • An Edge PC, that interfaces with the sensor network to collect the sensor data and sends it out to the cloud server. The system also interfaces with the sensor network to send out command signals to control the switches/ actuators. • A cloud that hosts a database and an API to collect and store information. • A web application hosted in the cloud to provide an interactive platform for users to analyze the data. The project was demonstrated in: • Lecture Hall (https://iac-lecture-hall.engr.iupui.edu/LectureHallFlask/). • Test Bed (https://iac-testbed.engr.iupui.edu/testbedflask/). • A company in Indiana. The above examples used sensors such as current sensors, temperature sensors, carbon dioxide sensors, and pressure sensors to set up the sensor network. The equipment was controlled using compactable switch nodes with the chosen sensor network protocol. The energy consumption details of each piece of equipment were measured over a few days. The data was validated, and the system worked as expected and helped the user to monitor, analyze and control the connected equipment remotely.