Document Type
Thesis Prep
Publication Date
Fall 2005
Degree
B. ARCH
Keywords
monumentality, abstraction, political representation, image, civic architecture, Brussels, Belgium, European Union
Language
English
Disciplines
Architecture
Description/Abstract
"This thesis contends that a strategic, meaningful abstraction of the traditional principles of monumentality will create an architecture that is identifiable and communicative, and that can become contextual without the evocation of specific historic references."
Recommended Citation
Corbalan, Emma Isabel, "abstracting the Monument: Architectural Representation for a Contemporary Institution" (2005). Thesis Prep. Paper 60.
http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/60
Additional Information
Advisors: Randall Korman / Timothy Stenson