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Composition: Music as inpiration and generator of space
The analogy between the two arts of music and architecture has been a central theoretical theme since the conception of either. Emerging from a background that is situated in both architectural and musical instruction, the correlation between the two has always provided a certain degree of fascinati...
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| author | Messaris, Anastasia Miranda |
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| description | The analogy between the two arts of music and architecture has been a central theoretical theme since the conception of either. Emerging from a background that is situated in both architectural and musical instruction, the correlation between the two has always provided a certain degree of fascination for me. Having understood the linear narrative running between the translation of music and architecture, I endeavoured to locate a more conceptual foothold from which to derive my arguments. The essays below outline my discovery and development of the topic, transforming a simple analogy into a conceptual way of reading context so as to create an architectural composition of space, just as a musician uses the tools of notes (sounds), rests (silences), instrument quality, beat (time) and sequence to create a musical composition. This thesis developed similarly to that of a musical composition: where themes are presented, then developed, then treated in new ways, and finally returned to, creating a final composition that moves through exposition (stability), development (heightened tension and conflict) and resolution. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/24368 Composition: Music as inpiration and generator of space Messaris, Anastasia Miranda Architecture Architectural Design The analogy between the two arts of music and architecture has been a central theoretical theme since the conception of either. Emerging from a background that is situated in both architectural and musical instruction, the correlation between the two has always provided a certain degree of fascination for me. Having understood the linear narrative running between the translation of music and architecture, I endeavoured to locate a more conceptual foothold from which to derive my arguments. The essays below outline my discovery and development of the topic, transforming a simple analogy into a conceptual way of reading context so as to create an architectural composition of space, just as a musician uses the tools of notes (sounds), rests (silences), instrument quality, beat (time) and sequence to create a musical composition. This thesis developed similarly to that of a musical composition: where themes are presented, then developed, then treated in new ways, and finally returned to, creating a final composition that moves through exposition (stability), development (heightened tension and conflict) and resolution. 2017-05-19T12:43:20Z 2017-05-19T12:43:20Z 2009 Master Thesis Masters MArch (Prof) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24368 eng application/pdf School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Architecture Architectural Design Messaris, Anastasia Miranda Composition: Music as inpiration and generator of space |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Composition: Music as inpiration and generator of space |
| title_full | Composition: Music as inpiration and generator of space |
| title_fullStr | Composition: Music as inpiration and generator of space |
| title_full_unstemmed | Composition: Music as inpiration and generator of space |
| title_short | Composition: Music as inpiration and generator of space |
| title_sort | composition music as inpiration and generator of space |
| topic | Architecture Architectural Design |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24368 |
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