Architectural implications of mobile privatization : re-establishing place in mediated environments

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dc.contributor.advisorKlinger, Kevin R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorReiter, Christopher Oaken_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-03T19:41:40Z
dc.date.available2011-06-03T19:41:40Z
dc.date.created2008en_US
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractAs our way of life becomes more mobile and dependant on our mobile technologies, many of our everyday experiences become electronically mediated. Concepts such as `home' and activities like shopping change as they are separated from their physical geographic locations, and the sprawling architecture of the cultural landscape strengthens this mutation of sense of place.The first part of this thesis explores the technologies and social conditions that have led to the nascence of mediated environments (i.e. the rise of the automobile and the Internet). The second part contains a case study that describes an acute example of this technologically-borne placelessness: recreational vehicle enthusiasts that travel the highways and camp in parking lots of `big box' stores, searching for the `American dream'. The final part of the thesis describes an architectural design project created to reconnect these people to each other and to the communities they wander through.
dc.description.degreeThesis (M. Arch.)
dc.description.notes"February 2003."
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Architecture
dc.format.extentv, 67 leaves : ill. (some col.), col. maps, col. plans ; 28 cm.en_US
dc.identifierLD2489.Z73 2008 .R45en_US
dc.identifier.cardcat-urlhttp://liblink.bsu.edu/catkey/1390314en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/20.500.14291/188429
dc.sourceVirtual Pressen_US
dc.subject.lcshRecreational vehicle living.en_US
dc.subject.lcshRecreational vehicle camping.en_US
dc.subject.lcshCities and towns -- Growth.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPlace (Philosophy) in architecture.en_US
dc.titleArchitectural implications of mobile privatization : re-establishing place in mediated environmentsen_US
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