dc.contributor.author |
Blades, Fiona |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-01-19T22:51:23Z |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-10-31T23:44:23Z |
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dc.date.available |
2012-01-19T22:51:23Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-10-31T23:44:23Z |
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dc.date.copyright |
1994 |
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dc.date.issued |
1994 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/27344 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This report argues that architecture is more than just physical, built form; that architecture involves ideas and images that are fictional. Italo Calvino's book Invisible Cities is the piece of fiction which is examined. Themes from the book -women, ordering systems, Venice - are studied so as to extract their architectural relevance.
The theme of women becomes the grounds for looking at the city from a feminist perspective, which allows for the breakdown of oppositions which separate architecture and fiction.
Venice is studied in terms of the images that have been created of it: a look at the city as it has been written and as it has been visually portrayed. Together these images create the fictional image which becomes a part of architecture in the city. |
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dc.format |
pdf |
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dc.language |
en_NZ |
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dc.language.iso |
en_NZ |
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dc.publisher |
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington |
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dc.title |
Architecture and fiction |
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dc.type |
Text |
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vuwschema.type.vuw |
Awarded Research Masters Thesis |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Architecture |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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thesis.degree.name |
Bachelor of Architecture |
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