Notice of M.Arch. Thesis Defence (Winter 2012)

Brian Urbanik

Of the thesis entitled:   The Map is Not the Territory

Abstract:

Hi Donald,

It just occurred to me that I might be finished with this fieldwork. I’m sitting at the side of the road looking over this fucked up landscape of cattle, golf carts, trees with turning leaves, being rained on, frozen out, everything feels forced, and I’m double-taking sight after sight, saying to myself I’ve seen this before, I’ve done this already. I’m packing up my things. I’ll write more later, or perhaps I’ll call.

Thirty-three locations in pursuit of the long view, from the borders of an expropriated forty year old ghost town.

Thirty-eight Polaroids, thirty-six mobile phone photographs, thirty-six photos from a digital single lens reflex camera with an oiled lens filter, forty 15.2 x 10.2 cm drawings, fifty-six 38.4 x 16.4 cm drawings, sixty-three white-bordered 38.4 x 20.8 cm drawings, sixty-four 33.5 x 17.2 cm sketchbook spreads.

17,628 words; 12,328 by choice, 5300 out of obligation.

It is important to figure things out for yourself. It is important to not learn too much of any one thing. This is a thesis because it’s a thesis; it is what it is. (That’s begging the question.) This is a thesis about begging the question.

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

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Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows:

The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee. 

The Defence Examination will take place at:  

10:00 am on Friday, January 13, 2012 (ARC 2026)

A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
 

Back to defences
 

Vien Nguyen

Of the thesis entitled:   Too Much Information

Abstract:

This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, represented in twelve objects.  These pieces – mute miniatures of the void inside and outside these six buildings – organize this mix of voices, images, and ideas.  In six parts we wander through a baptistery in Florence, an orangerie at the garden of Versailles, a long-gone tower in Coney Island, a palace bath at the Alhambra, the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, and the Great Pyramid of Giza. 

One way of looking at architecture in the midst of too much – too much to feel, too much to think, too much to know, too much to see – this is a record of how to make do with what is left. 

The examining committee is as follows: