38
39
PhD Examinations 2012
ENGAGING REALITIES
– DIAGRAMS AND
ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE
AFFILIATION
Institute of Architecture
GRADUATE
Lene Basma
ADVISORS
MAIN SUPERVISOR
Karl Otto Ellefsen
CO-SUPERVISOR
Jonny Aspen
DATE OF DEFENCE
December 10th 2012
OPPONENTS
Professor Fredrik Nilsson
|
Chalmers University
Associate Professor Boris
Brorman Jensen
|
Aarhus
School of Architecture
Associate Professor Peter
Hemmersam
|
AHO
The thesis analyzes different deployments – graphic and conceptual – of the dia-
gram, and its implications for architectural practice, giving priority to the identifica-
tion of general trends concerning intentions, repertoire as well as attitudes towards
the role and task of the architect. The investigation is based on two forms of primary
empirical material. Firstly on visual diagrams acquired through a mass sampling in
architectural journals in the time period between 1995 and 2005, and secondly, on
texts and diagrams presented in three different architectural journals dedicated
to the diagram and published between 1998 and 2000. The focus of the thesis has
been to position the various deployments of diagrams in relation to changes in the
socio-material and cultural context surrounding architectural practice, as well as
in relation to different diachronic trajectories.
AHO WORKS RESEARCH 2012
PhD Programme
