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Time
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Date
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1
June 2006, 3.00
pm - 4.30 pm
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Venue
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Lecture Room
426, Blk 3 Level 4, School of Design and Environment, NUS
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Student's
Name
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Yeo
Kang Shua
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Title
of Thesis
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Rationale of the
Intangible:
A Cognitive Reading of Spatial Conception in The
Story of the Stone
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Abstract
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This research explores the concepts of space in
the Chinese context through the textual analysis of The Story of
the Stone, whereby dissonances of cognitive elements are used
to depict space, through the change of actions or situation that
elements represent behavioural or environmental cognitive element.
We are particularly interested in the logic of reasoning in the
reconstruction of space in the text. The research comes to an
understanding of a method to limit this process of the "where"
and the "what", through the placing of recombinant design
under sophisticated imperative of harmonised dissonance. The
significance of The Stone is that it links this reflection on
creative design process with the process of establishing a new coherent
cultural value for designers that essentially go along with the long
Chinese aesthetic traditions. Attempting further than the simple knowledge
base of precedents of classic Chinese, The Stone proffers a new
system of rules for designing with precedents.
Keywords: cognitive, harmonised dissonance,
knowledge base, precedent, recombinant design, spatial conception.
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Under the recently established open-exam
system, academic staff as well as research students are welcome to
attend the Ph.D. oral defence.
We would appreciate if you would register your attendance via email by
29 May 2006. The exam panel members and supervisors need not register
(seats will be reserved for them).
The candidate will give a 45-minute presentation, followed by a time of
Q&A and subsequently, where necessary, a closed-door session involving
only the exam panel will take place. For the open session, please note
the following guidelines.
1. The exam panel members can ask specific questions on the thesis as
well as general questions to test the fundamentals and knowledge
relevant to the subject.
2. The candidate's supervisor(s) can be present as observer(s) without
Q&A right.
3. All other participants can ask questions pertaining to the
candidate's presentation during the Q&A session.
4. Besides time control and moderating the exam process, the Chair of
the exam panel has the right to intervene or overrule if, in his/her
judgment, a question raised is inappropriate, irrelevant or
inconsequential to the examination.
We look forward to your participation.
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