Storytelling architecture

This thesis critiques contemporary architecture tracing its faults to favoritism of scientific thinking, diminishing urban culture and commodification of architecture. The effects of these shortcomings have fostered a loss of captivation between humanity and architecture placing people at odds with their built surroundings. This thesis aims to reintegrate captivation within design drawing metaphorical inspiration from storytelling to create engaging architectural spaces. In so doing, architectural storytelling is established as a new design theory with the aim of integrating rich narratives within the foundation of the architectural design process rekindling the strained relationship between architecture and mankind. Storytelling architecture will be show cased through the design of a subway station at Queen St. and Ossington Ave. in Toronto

Storytelling architecture

This thesis critiques contemporary architecture tracing its faults to favoritism of scientific thinking, diminishing urban culture and commodification of architecture. The effects of these shortcomings have fostered a loss of captivation between humanity and architecture placing people at odds with their built surroundings. This thesis aims to reintegrate captivation within design drawing metaphorical inspiration from storytelling to create engaging architectural spaces. In so doing, architectural storytelling is established as a new design theory with the aim of integrating rich narratives within the foundation of the architectural design process rekindling the strained relationship between architecture and mankind. Storytelling architecture will be show cased through the design of a subway station at Queen St. and Ossington Ave. in Toronto

Planning the Mysterious

This chapter illustrates how parents and their young adult children approached making decisions about how they would walk the Camino de Santiago together and the role that Camino guidebooks, published pilgrims’ narratives, and online sites played in their expectations and design. Drawing largely from formal interviews with pilgrims, it highlights the abundance of choices these parents and young adult children faced regarding hospitality, travel, and digital technologies. The chapter emphasizes how, through familiar mechanisms and processes of buying family leisure time, they pursued the Camino’s call to be open to the unknown and its promise of sacred connection to others, nature, and mystical encounters.

(De)Signing Authority: The Indexical Dimension of Typography in Academic Communication

Graphics in scientific communication are not just a means to elegantly convey, condense, or systematize “facts.” As any form of communication, they are bound to, or enregistered in, the discursive context of previous uses. Graphics, thus, do not only visualize information (in an iconic or symbolic way), they also contextualize (i.e., index) the practices, communities, and genres of particular fields and thereby serve as effective emblems of scholarly identity. This article elaborates on the indexical or emblematic dimension of academic graphic design. Drawing on sociolinguistic theory of social positioning and identification, it will be argued how graphic design is a disciplinary practice in the double sense of the word.

PENGEMBANGAN RTH SEMPADAN SUNGAI CISADANE SEBAGAI SALAH SATU ATRAKSI WISATA PADA KAMPUNG EKOWISATA KERANGGAN

ABSTRAKPeristiwa banjir Sungai Cisadane yang terjadi pada tahun 2014 berimbas pada menurunya minat daya tarik masyarakat untuk mengunjungi Kampung Ekowisata Keranggan, dikarenakan rusaknya sarana dan prasarana di sempadan Sungai Cisadane. Masyarakat berharap adanya sentuhan dari segi desain untuk meningkatkan citra pada Kampung Ekowisata Keranggan khususnya pada atraksi memancing ikan sebagai daya tarik utama agar menarik minat pengunjung untuk datang. Tujuan abdimas ini adalah membangkitkan atraksi wisata Kampung Ekowisata Keranggan dengan cara merancang spot pemancingan ikan. Mitra abdimas adalah warga Kampung Ekowisata Keranggan RW 05 yang berjumlah 100 kk. Untuk mendapatkan hasil rancangan yang sesuai dengan karakter dan kebutuhan, maka dimulai dengan survei lapangan/lokasi untuk mengenali dan memahami kondisi fisik maupun non fisik eksisting. Survei tersebut dilakukan dengan wawancara, pengamatan, pengukuran, pemotretan, penggambaran yang dilakukan secara terstruktur dengan masyarakat dan komunitas sadar wisata kampung Keranggan. Hasil dari survei kemudian dianalisis untuk mendapatkan konsep perencanaan dan perancangan spot pemancingan ikan yang fungsional dan estetis bagi Kampung Ekowisata Kranggan. Luaran abdimas berupa dokumen gambar rancangan serta evaluasi dari kegiatan abdimas ini adalah berupa tanggapan perwakilan masyarakat Kampung Ekowisata Keranggan terhadap desain spot pemancingan. Kata kunci: ekowisata; perencanaan; perancangan; atraksi wisata; spot pemancingan ABSTRACTCisadane River Flood that happen in 2014 had an effect to decreasing the appeal of society interest to visit Keranggan Ecotourism, because of the damage facilities and infrastructure at Cisadane border. The society hope any design planning to increase Keranggan Ecotourism image especially at fishing attraction as the main attraction for visitor to visit. The purpose of this society service is to increase tourism attraction at Keranggan Ecotourism by designing fishing spot area. Partner of this society service is Keranggan Ecotourism society RW 05 numbering of 100 family head. To obtain design result that suitable to the character and needs, therefore it starts with site survey to identify and perceive physical and unphysical existing condition. Survey is conducted by interview, observation, measurement, photograph, and sketch that be done in structured with society and tourism community of Keranggan Village. The result of the survey then analyzed to get planning and designing concept of fishing spot area which is functional and aesthetic for Keranggan Ecotourism. Output of this society service is design drawing document and the evaluation of this program is respons of Keranggan Ecotourism society representatives to design of fishing spot area. Keywords: ecotourism; planning; designing; tourism attraction; fishing spot area