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Geometrical Behaviours: An Architectural Mise-en-scène for a Reenactment of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Dionne, Caroline  
1999

The content of this thesis is two-fold. The first part takes the form of an essay while the second part presents a theoretical project for an architectural installation. Using these two modes as different ways to address similar issues, the present work proposes to question the instrumentalisation of geometry in today's architectural practice. The work of Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson) and, more specifically, his masterpiece, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, will be approached and interpreted in order to observe the participation of geometry–of Euclidean geometry–in our understanding of the notions of space and time, and to reveal their paradoxical aspect. The aim is to explore how geometry, language and nonsense bear intimate connections to our perception of space and time. Once revealed, these connections will enable us to address the following question: can architecture be comprehended and experienced as an event?

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doctoral thesis
Author(s)
Dionne, Caroline  
Advisors
Pérez-Gomez, Alberto
Date Issued

1999

Publisher

McGill University, Post-Graduate Masters (M.Arch) Theory of Architecture

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http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/-?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30127&silo_library=GEN01
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IA  
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May 28, 2014
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