Architecture's 'other' : an ontological reading of the abject relationship with interior design

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dc.contributor.author Konigk, Raymund
dc.contributor.author Bakker, Karel Anthonie
dc.date.accessioned 2013-04-26T11:54:26Z
dc.date.available 2013-04-26T11:54:26Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.description.abstract Dialectic relationships exist between architecture and emergent architecturally informed disciplines. Interior design constitutes such a discipline and is considered a critical case study. The main problem is to investigate the ontology of interior design by considering its affiliation with architecture. With the use of Julia Kristeva’s construct, the abject, a synopsis of architectural and interior design theory is read to ascertain the dialectic and overlapping relationship. Through heuristic enquiry an ontological analysis of interior design (with reference to essentialist aspects of architecture) is made. The Manichean dialectic is employed to produce qualitative descriptions that portray the disciplines as discrete ‘others’. Architecture is a normative profession which considers interior design as a part of itself. en
dc.description.librarian am2013 en
dc.description.librarian ai2013 en
dc.description.sponsorship This research was undertaken as part of the requirements for the degree Master of Interior Architecture at the University of Pretoria (Königk, 2011). The research was completed with financial assistance in the form of a postgraduate scholarship from the University of Pretoria. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the University of Pretoria. en
dc.format.extent 17 p. en
dc.format.medium PDF en
dc.identifier.citation Konigk, R & Bakker, KA 2012, 'Architecture's 'other' : an ontological reading of the abject relationship with interior design', Image & Text, vol. 20, pp. 110-126. en
dc.identifier.issn 1020-1497
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21386
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Department of Visual Arts, University of Pretoria en
dc.rights Department of Visual Arts, University of Pretoria en
dc.subject Abjection en
dc.subject Interior design en
dc.subject Ontology en
dc.subject.lcsh Interior decoration en
dc.subject.lcsh Architecture en
dc.title Architecture's 'other' : an ontological reading of the abject relationship with interior design en
dc.type Article en


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