Print Email Facebook Twitter The ‘dead zone’ and the architecture of transgression Title The ‘dead zone’ and the architecture of transgression Author Doron, G (TU Delft Architecture) Contributor Riedijk, M. (promotor) Havik, K.M. (copromotor) Schoonderbeek, M.G.H. (copromotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Department Architecture Date 2018-10-15 Abstract The thesis “The ‘Dead Zone’ and the Architecture of Transgression” investigates the imagery of ‘emptiness’, ‘voids’, ‘no-man’s Land’ (etcetera) in architectural and other discourses, drawing on imagery from antiquity until today. The study begins with the particular case of a now obliterated Palestinian village at the edge of Tel Aviv. The prologue of the thesis gives, in the form of a short story, an exposition of the subject. It introduces the main argument, that this space is a product of the discourse, and that between the two lies an unbridgeable gap. I argue against the short sightedness of planning practices and present the importance of site research for the subject at hand... To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7a40ac5b-9e8d-46a9-861d-051d3b454bc8 DOI https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:177004e0-68fe-430b-a085-3baf7c57fd47 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2018 G Doron Files PDF PhD_GDoron_DEF_Lib.pdf 6.94 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:7a40ac5b-9e8d-46a9-861d-051d3b454bc8/datastream/OBJ/view