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DISSERTATION 2.0 (STRUCTURE (CHAPTER 3 - SIMULATION OF THE JOURNEY (3.1.…

- - - - Bouba and Kiki Narrative
      - Meaning emerges through Context (the unorganized reality of the everyday)
      - Architecture as a manifestation of this process
    - - Literature Review
      - Focus Group
      - IPA
    - - an inductive process - inverse pixelation
      - a process of continuous refinement
      - metaphoric vs linear process
  - - - 2.1. Understanding - Creation of the Map - Construction of Meaning in Thought.
      - 2.2. Conveying Meaning - Externalizing Mapping in Thought - Guide to Understanding
      - 2.3. The Map is not Reality
      - 2.4. Maps - A tool for guiding and Exploration
      - 2.5. Mapping as Data Manipulation
  - - - Introduce the test and its intention to uncover the underlying operations in the process of meaning construction
  - - - Might shift to Ch.2
  - - - introduce architecture as a system of meaning. if architecture is essentially a formal system. in what way does it convey meaning? Architecture is not there to primarily communicate. But without communicating meaning, one can say it doesn’t classify as architecture. Therefore, architecture unlike language and art needs to be understood from a different perspective. How does one communicate/express a concept in architecture?
  - - - architectural semiotics should lay emphasis on the process of the conception, design and production of spatial meaning, as if this process was the writing of a social text, a codification of a narrative in space.
      - architecture does not act as trigger which communicates a concept efficiently just like language or art. therefore how does one locate meaning in architecture?
      - "any form in the environment is... capable of being motivated... the minute a new form is invented, it will acquire inevitably a meaning." Jencks
      - Jencks believes that "we are... condemned to meaning"
      - Geoffrey Broadbent: "all buildings symbolize... they inevitably carry meaning."
      - architectural meaning oscillates between the architect's intentions and the people's reactions
        
        THE AGENCY OF LANGUAGE AND ART IN COMPARISON TO ARCHITECTURE -compare the fact that architecture has much more interpretations compared to language and art
        
        possibly refer to the third space of exchange - ella dissertation
      - explain how one locates meaning in language and art vs architecture: language is composed of single, discrete units, whereas architecture must consider relationships to create meaning which are an ensemble of many signs that are articulated in multiple planes and degrees of complexity. in this manner it is more similar to art. however more complex as architecture makes up our reality, we do not simply observe it - we live through it.
      - an architectural code... cannot be reduced to discrete units, identifiable with those of common spoken language. Meaning in architecture is connected with wholistic, complex spatiotemporal dimensions of experience.
        
        give an example
      - in its essence architecture is a process of data patterning from the stage of conceptualisation up to the physical manifestation of the building. refer to intro of chp.6
      - the articulation of meaning in architecture has a mental side (conception) and a material side (realisation)
      - Architecture as a code of reference or trigger - as mentioned previously any system of meaning has the aim to communicate.
      - locating meaning in language vs locating meaning in architecture: syntax refer to tschumi. and use test as an example. always describe in terms of data patterning
        
        narrative
        
        "to ask for a map is to tell me a story" turchi
        
        use example from test and mention that the reader could participate and try it out for himself
      - locating meaning in art vs locating meaning in architecture: relationship of parts (gestalt) and multiple interpretations - use tests as examples - it was much easier to match architecture and art
      - TH NATURE OF THE JOURNEY - volatility of meaning in architecture - it is an inductive process/metaphoric
        
        Furthermore, unlike language or art, meaning does not emerge through the patterning of words or visual elements, however meaning comes from patterns of society and nature. The effect cannot be anticipated. Therefore, it is essential to design with regards to context to create environments suitable for living. (Xu, 2007)
        
        architecture is patterned from context
      - Ella dissertation p28: Architecture does not seem to settle for architecture itself, opening up opportunities for creating frameworks of discussion - a versatility which seems to be unique to architecture in comparison to other disciplines. this versatility hints at a potential to view architecture as a system, not strictly defined by clear cut boundaries but floating rather, among other systems, and affording varying degrees of interchange between them.
      - when we are faced with a work of architecture, how can we grasp its meaning?