Thesis
Telegraphing contextual character: an interior design application
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2007
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/105621
Abstract
Accepting premises set forth by Katherine Benzel, this thesis investigation proposes a design approach that allows a room and its constituent parts to communicate contextual character, effectively creating a portal to the host locale. The writer proposes a coupling of Edward T. White's research strategy for defining community character, with Benzel's arguments concerning Integrated Design: this research framework culminates in the Interpretive Matrix, which is used to identify indicators of contextual character per locale, called Influencing Factors. The Influencing Factors are then transcribed into an Interior Design application, using a theoretical framework: the Telegraph Model. Relationships that define each indicator within the urban context are identified and preserved within the Telegraph Model. The goal of this model is to create scale linking between a community and an interior application by transcribing the distinguishing social, aesthetic, and functional components of a community through an interior design application.
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Details
- Title
- Telegraphing contextual character
- Creators
- Shannon G. Andrews
- Contributors
- Nancy H. Blossom (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Design and Construction, School of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525381701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis