Honors Theses
Advisor
Andrew Murray
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Publication Date
4-26-2020
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Abstract
This thesis presents the modeling of spaces described in short stories that are difficult to visualize. The three stories are Kafka's “The Burrow,” Borges’s “The Library of Babel” and Barthelme's “The Balloon.” Three-dimensional models were created based on the details provided by the authors in each story. Several 2-D images are then generated from these models to match specific scenes. This consideration of these works of fiction provokes the asking of several questions about the science, mathematics and engineering that underpins the stories. In all cases, questions about sustainability arise.
This manuscript is divided into three parts to correspond to each story. Each part includes the following: a story background, a literary/historical analysis of the story, the modeling process, model images, and then questions about the science, mathematics and engineering that arise from the fiction.
Permission Statement
This item is protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code) and may only be used for noncommercial, educational, and scholarly purposes.
Keywords
Undergraduate research
eCommons Citation
Michel, Noël J., "Designing Fictional Spaces: Questionable Architecture that Supports Sustainable Design" (2020). Honors Theses. 269.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/uhp_theses/269
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