Symbolism Versus Abstraction: Architectural Representation in a Post-Modern Society

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Nina Ebbighausen

Document Type

Thesis Prep

Degree

B. ARCH

Date

Fall 1992

Keywords

form, architectural design, abstraction, academy of art, Berlin, Schinkel, van der Rohe, architecture and society

Language

English

Disciplines

Architecture

Description/Abstract

"This thesis poses an investigation into the work of Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Mies van der Rohe as elements of a formal architectural tradition in Berlin; It proposes the institution of an architecture based up on a chosen set of historical models, with the aim of providing one possible foundation for architectural renewal (of unified Berlin) implying cultural continuity. To this end, the thesis poses an investigation into the representative qualities of architecture while examining the informative potential of artifact.

Additional Information

Advisors: A. McDonald / T. Brown / T. Davis

Recommended Citation

Ebbighausen, Nina, "Symbolism Versus Abstraction: Architectural Representation in a Post-Modern Society" (1992). Architecture Thesis Prep. 116.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/116

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