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Defining the Liminal
Definition of liminal
adjective
technical
1relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process.
2occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold
Origin:
Oxford Dictionaries
I have spent the last few weeks (and unfortunately the majority of the holidays) completely clarifying the concept of the liminal. From the concept of liminality in tourism and founding anthropological literature to the application of the idea in architectural and artistic precedents, these investigations have solidified the importance and value of the liminal. As well as clarifying the liminal this research is where I see my thesis going (see the draft contents page below).
Thesis
Structure
Chapter 0 Abstract
Acknowledgments
Contents Page
List of
Figures
Define
Definition and thesis questions
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Coastal Places Passed Through
Introduction
to issues raised
2.1 Coastline as a Liminal Space
2.1.1 Environment
Liminal environment
2.1.2 Tourism
Mass tourisms creation of the destination and the places passed through
in order to achieve it
2.2 New Zealand
Coast
Importance
to New Zealand identity (liminal qualities fun, energy etc) and economy (fuelled by tourism)
2.2.2
Tourist Development
Detail example of conditions of the liminal and the stagnant expression
that defies its true self (translation of inappropriate expression e.g. resort,
mass Bach development)
2.2.3
Tutukaka
Detailed investigation
2.2.3.1 Liminal history
Established as an in between
Chapter 2 Liminality
Introduction to the concept of liminality
1.1 Conception of the
concept
Rites of passage
van Gennep
1.2 Rediscovery and Development?
Writings of Turner
Implications for anthropology
1.3 Beyond the Study
of Us
Implications for other sectors
1.4 An im/permanent state of liminality
Plight
of the contemporary world…conception of programs of liminality…the impact of constant flux in a modern world…positive and negatives
Chapter 3 Investigating the poetics of liminality
Discuss the value of residing in the liminal for a fixed amount of time
(beyond the anthropological stuff)
3.1 Liminality
in Artistic Expression
Interest artistic
streams have in concepts in liminality in our lives and their wish to
investigate it through creative means.
3.1.1
Literature
Liminal Readings-Forms of Otherness in
Melville, Joyce and Murdoch
3.1.2 Film
The Films of Krzysztof Kieslowski-the
liminal image
3.1.3 Sculpture
of James Turrell
Skyspace
Roden Crater
Chapter 4 Theory
4.1
Place in Western Contemporary Architectural Theory
Minimalism-Architecture of self-reflection-Zumthor, Ando
4.2 Indigenous South
East Asian Architecture
Journey through, blurring between interior and exterior
Talk about reasons, climate, layers of hierarchy/privacy
Chapter 5 Architectural Precedents
5.1 Geoffrey
Bawa- Hotel
Journey through, blur of interior and exterior, of the place, relevant
program
5.2 Tadao Ando-
Naoshima
Journey between the profane and the sacred, celebration of place,
intensity of space
Chapter 6 Design
6.1 Site
Analysis
6.2 Space
Arrangement
6.3 …
6… Final Design
Chapter 7 Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
The next couple of weeks (after going snowboarding in Queenstown for a weekend!) will be dedicated to working out where the concept will take the re-development of the Tutukaka area. The profane (service to the destination), the liminal (residing in the journey) and the sacred (the anticipation of the up coming destination) must be defined and morph into a solid architectural proposal. The liminal mapping and urban arrangement is my first attempt to put pen on paper, decidedly harder the more theory one has.
A lot to do, always.
