Post-polemic space : rethinking the architectural identity of an obsolete factory town
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This thesis situates the story of an obsolete Canadian factory town within an historic
discourse on the nature of ideal space. Beginning with an investigation of the Platonic
idea of Utopia—as a critical theory and then as an optimistic practice—this study arrives
at Michel Foucault’s rival notion of Heterotopia. Rather than reading these opposing
topoi simply as adversaries, however, I argue that Heterotopia is a useful constitution
that describes a dialogue between utopian ideals and real contexts.
We conclude with a project of architecture that addresses the town’s abandoned factory.
Instead of a fixed proposal, this project constructs a heterotopian dialogue that engages
the history of the factory through a time-based Building Information Model. This
temporal Model is a platform from which to contemplate the future of the factory and the
town as part of an ongoing dialogue.
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Copyright © 2011 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, research, scholarship, and teaching. Theses may only be shared by linking to Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be used without proper attribution to the author. No part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.
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