[Transitions] and Architecture

Abstract

The intent of this thesis is to propose that the world is experienced through a series of transitional elements that give way from one event to another. As objects/events begin to reveal themselves, a new set of circumstances present themselves. Events in ones unfold in a similar fashion, The methods by which an architect celebrates such events through the choreography of material, objects, spaces technology and emotions can create dramatic spaces that lend themselves to an expression much stronger -theoretically and emotionally -than we have grown accustomed. Whether the transition is sudden -as we enter a door from the outside and immediately feel a rush of cool air -or gradual, as in the ivy that grows on an exterior wall, linking two fundamentally similar but drastically different worlds to one another -the way in which these events are arranged begin to draw our emotions. Revealing the circumstances surrounding these events -or transitions -that provoke such a strong and dramatic presence will be the key to creating architecture of the same caliber. Similarly, celebrating these events -as historical precedence, or hinting in anticipation towards the future -can allow architecture to maintain a strong presence in both physical and theoretical realms.