Date of Award
Spring 6-4-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Architecture (MArch)
Department
Architecture
First Advisor
Amelyn Ng
Second Advisor
Carl Lostritto
Third Advisor
Shou Jie Eng
Abstract
This thesis investigates, analyzes, and fictionalizes scaffolds, seeing scaffolds as a medium (that which is being neglected and unquestioned), a mediator (that which is actively executing shaping powers), and a to-be-mediated being (that which requires to be reimagined). Scaffolds in this thesis is registered as a polydimensional group of frameworks, tools, and agreements, ranging from scaffolds in the built environment, architectural drawing convention, CAD program interfaces and interaction modalities, and codes and scripts behind the digital programs. Together, these scaffolds simultaneously enable and prescribe architectural design processes. The project aims to make the scaffolds seen, de-familiarized, and rediscovered. The current outcome of the thesis consists of a collection of speculative, either representational or performative pieces, each being about a certain type of scaffold or certain aspects of a scaffold.
Recommended Citation
Mo, Mono Yingyi, "Scaffolding: medium, mediator, mediated" (2022). Masters Theses. 884.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/884
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Comments
View exhibition online: Yingyi Mo (Mono), Scaffolding: Medium, Mediator, Mediated