本論文以Henri Lefebvre的社會空間理論為基礎，旨在了解空間所承載的社會或非物質價值，尤其是存在其中的建築。此空間的概念將加入伊藤豐雄對空間的理解，以及內含的建造過程。台中歌劇院是伊東豐雄的作品，也是他傳達訊息的最強載體。除此之外，為了在管理研究上有更近一步的貢獻，此研究也會探討該空間現有的佈局對人類行為、管理以及經濟方面的影響。

This thesis is based on the theory of social space of Henri Lefebvre, to understand the social or immaterial value that spaces carries and particularly the architectures that exist in them. This comprehension of space will participate in the understanding of Toyo Ito conception of space and decipher his process as producer of space (architect). The National Taichung Theater is the chosen work of Toyo Ito for being the strongest carrier of his message. More, Existing evidence on spatial configurations influence on human behavior, management and economy stimulate this research with the aim to contribute to the managerial field.

Thesis Validation Letteri
摘要ii
Abstractiii
Chapter 1. Introduction1
Chapter 2. Literature Review3
2.1.The Social Space of Henri Lefebvre3
2.1.1.The Perceived Space - The spatial practice3
2.1.2.The Conceived Space – The representations of space3
2.1.3.The Lived Space – Representational spaces4
2.2.Social Spaces throughout society4
2.2.1.The Medieval Space4
2.2.2.The Capitalist spaces5
2.3.The birth of New Spaces5
2.3.1.From Ideology to Representations of Space5
2.3.2.Producers of space and their representation6
2.3.3.The Architects and their representations6
2.4.The Metabolist representation7
2.4.1.An Ideology of resilience7
2.4.2.Metabolism representations of space8
2.4.3.Metabolism to remain a utopia8
2.4.4.Unmatured Ideology9
2.5.Premise of Post-Modernism10
2.5.1.Japanese as the most substantial producers of space10
2.5.2.Toyo Ito11
2.6.The National Taichung Theater12
2.6.1.The Theater as Conceived12
2.6.2.The Theater as Perceived16
2.6.3.The Theater as Lived18
2.7.Managerial Implications20
2.7.1.Open Space and influence on economy:20
2.7.2.Open Space and building configuration influence on wellness:21
2.7.3.Design features influences at Work21
2.7.4.Work in Post-Industrial Economy23
2.7.5.Work of architecture manufacturing23
2.7.6.Interest of management for changes in architecture24
2.8.Research question25
2.8.1.If Toyo Ito do indeed have a representation of space, whence does it derive, and what is Toyo Ito’s process?26
Chapter 3. Research Methodology27
3.1.Research method27
3.2.Data Collection and Sample28
3.3.Profile of speakers30
Chapter 4. Finding & Analysis32
4.1.The building32
4.1.1.Innovations32
4.1.2.Forms & Colors33
4.2.The building environment37
4.2.1.Socio-economical context37
4.2.2.Natural Context38
4.3.The building experiences39
4.3.1.Users’ relation to nature39
4.3.2.Users’ relation to the building40
4.3.3.Users’ relation to human40
4.3.4.Toyo Ito Process40
4.3.5.Toyo Ito Process in 8 steps41
Chapter 5. Conclusion44
List of References46

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