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FitzGerald, Lanna

The first half of this project (part one to five) researches the significance of doors as a mediator between physical and imaginary spaces. This research sought precedents, histories and concepts that centred the door as an intervention to bring small moments of joy and curiosity in the design process and how we think about space. It set up a framework for how to consider memory and experience in design with the hopes of developing a process that would allow for deeper personal connection to place. The second half expanded on these ideas through experiments and studies that act as a projection of my emotions, feelings and thoughts. A composition of models, videos, and recordings (part six) acted as aids that helped me formulate a larger narrative (part seven), a gift for my family, a book I wrote and designed for my mom who passed away recently. The story is the culmination of all this work, a series of doors and rooms designed through abstractions I observed from my surroundings. In this process I meditated on sight, sound and time. I watched shadows stretching across a room, listened to the sound of footsteps on a sodden hiking trail, and took note of how spring shows its arrival at the end of winter. These things are universal in the sense that we have all experienced them, and I wanted to develop a method for allowing them to be the basis of how we perceive a space. It is my hope that this project shifts the way we think about the places we find ourselves in frequently. I hope that you can take time to notice the sounds, smells and feelings that make a place whole. This process has taught me the invaluable lesson of slowing things down, as it is in these small moments where you really realize the things that matter most to you.

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University of British Columbia. ARCH 549

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0432054

Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of

Unreviewed

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