Collaborative landscapes of growth and change : the case of Nicosia

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1999.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tourvas, Teresa.
Other Authors: Peter Testa.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70313
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spelling mit-1721.1/703132019-04-12T12:47:27Z Collaborative landscapes of growth and change : the case of Nicosia Tourvas, Teresa. Peter Testa. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Architecture. Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1999. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-90). Continually changing information technologies and communication patterns have facilitated the spatial dispersal of production and consumption while, offering new affordances on physical and organizational structures. Within these new affordances, a larger social context encompassing aspects, of identity, self-expression , and human interaction, is in seek of redefinition. The new Europe is a direct result of both cultural and economic unification. As boundaries are beginning to blur, the role and definition of the public sphere ultimately leads us from a political to a social thus urban discourse. While this manifesto is not program, it nonetheless indicates a broadening of outlook. Instead of remaining inert architecture must react to the changes and renewal of the current developments emerging in other fields and capitalize on their dynamic nature. Architecture as a mediator, an activator of new situations. Places for new types of social integration. and trans-border integration. Collaborative landscapes, locates itself in a series of strategies as the primer for a possible future The project takes its cues from the new work affordances and collaborative settings and examines the concept of crossover and interdependencies for addressing the border situation in Cyprus. The project calls for radical if not utopian long-term solutions while placing new demands on the role of the architect, as an orchestrator and in the role of an active participator. By meshing political , urbanistic, and social issues new architectonic strategies and programs are developed whose virtual presence reaches beyond their locale, global yet intrinsically local. by Teresa Tourvas. M.Arch. 2012-04-26T18:39:21Z 2012-04-26T18:39:21Z 1999 1999 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70313 42723965 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 90 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Tourvas, Teresa.
Collaborative landscapes of growth and change : the case of Nicosia
title Collaborative landscapes of growth and change : the case of Nicosia
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title_fullStr Collaborative landscapes of growth and change : the case of Nicosia
title_full_unstemmed Collaborative landscapes of growth and change : the case of Nicosia
title_short Collaborative landscapes of growth and change : the case of Nicosia
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