Abstract
Considering the relationship between the built environment and
social fabric is extremely significant to understanding how spaces
are experienced and constructed, how the external world is
understood by individuals and, ultimately, how lives are led. This
thesis examines this relationship by first considering Marc
Augé's construction of non-places in relation to
anthropological place, on the basis that place is the manifestation
of how individuals organize their external reality. It then looks
more specifically at the modernization of Paris in the
mid-nineteenth-century orchestrated by Georges Haussmann under the
rule of Napoleon III. It examines how changes in the physical
structure of the city changed movement patterns, altered the
perceived scale of the city, and ultimately produced different
types of social spaces. Final consideration is given to the
experience of modernity, from which is offered the conclusion that
while change is constant, progress is an idea that must be
negotiated.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter I: Non-places
Places and non-places share physical forms in
common
Non-places exist outside supermodernity
Chapter II: Parisian Transformations
Movement
Scale
Social Spaces
Chapter III: Negotiating Modernity
Conclusion
Bibliography
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