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TThe dance sttudio is explo oited as a diddactic slingshhot manoeuvree that creates a supporting struucture for studeents to rework habitual approoaches relativee to the subject of rresearch and design. Diagram by Marlies Vermeu ulen annotating spatial s performancce in search of forms fo of inhabitattion eexploring levels off density, modes off clustering, conneecting and disruptiing.

Meta-morphosis by Tiina-Liisa Kujala exploring the deconstruction of perceived space to extrapolate the concept of social space. More specifically, it correlates spatial narratives from different social groups and having different temporalities with the way the communities perceive the spaces they live in.

Brussels was chosen as a site for investigation because, like many other European cities, it is undergoing a complex socio-political transitional process, with half of the current population now of non-Belgian origin. As a result of this, old places of worship are gradually falling into disuse and becoming increasingly more detached from their socio-cultural fabric. As part of this research project, these places were identified as potential sites to support new cultural phenomena and to catalyse the re-establishment of a novel dynamic with their context.

Essentially, this was achieved by studying emerging cultural phenomena particular to globalised territories where a coexistence of multiple religious groups nurtures varying levels of demographic segregation. Close-proximity cultural enclaves constantly claim new territory, giving rise to territorial shifts within the city.

Brussels, the capital of Europe, a self-proclaimed symbol of multiculturalism, is still struggling in this respect, resisting questions of openness, integration and coalition.

The design brief set to the students required them to look at a disused church and to observe and study its deeply rooted cultural and socio-political history, consequently concentrating on what Henri Lefebvre describes as mental space, one that is ultimately experienced and not merely objectively observed.

As such, students are guided by means of a process of drawing where they do not only describe objective propositions but also observe notions of perceived space fig 4. Drawing is used as part of a dialectic strategy to look beyond phenomenological space and engage with interior places as locations of conceptual interchange within a particular socio-cultural context.

Drawing by Sying Qui making visible historical layers of a church as part of an exercise to understand an implicit human narrative as such, negating the physical building to be the church. The project looked at the abandoned church in terms of its physical reality, i. In doing so, it was acknowledged that the former catholic community, for which the church was originally built, has been replaced by a mosaic of cultures, a community professing alternative faiths and religious beliefs, declaring this once catholic symbol obsolete.

It was thus observed that the church is not abandoned at all, but fully experienced as empty and vacant and void of meaning. By observing this important nuance, this project succeeded in acknowledging both conceived and perceived space in and around the church, by annotating the church as physically and symbolically empty.

In this article, I seek to unpack the need to juxtapose material ideas and concepts against layers of historical and social information when we, as designers, work within an urban fabric. Through the commentary of a selection of our drawings, this is explained as a process of inclusion, aiming to incorporate a multitude of contextual information, seen and unseen, particular to a site and across different timeframes. As such, any iconic linkage is avoided, supporting the driving principle of dislocating form from its conventionally associated meaning or symbolic value, without denying the presence of such values [.

Views on Education in Interior Architecture more. Publication Date: Oct Interior Design and Interior Architecture. Syracuse University London Studio more. With the studio split in an initial group work stage followed by the With the studio split in an initial group work stage followed by the development of individual projects, we have chosen to include the results of both.

The publication is organised around a number of themes that — be it intended or accidently — regularly surfaced throughout the course of the studio. Although it may seem harsh to catalogue the various projects under such limited topics — seemingly denying their background, evolution and critical mass — we feel it does paint a relevant picture of the studio as a whole.

We trust that the extent of the selected material allows for the various interpretations and readings the projects deserve. We would like to thank our group of students for their work, their enthusiasm, their eagerness to produce and most of all their trust in allowing us to hijack whatever presumptions they had at the outset of the studio.

The journey has been as much ours as it has been theirs! More Info: Co-authored with Joris Pauwels. Architecture and Urban Design. In such a way that even sensory aspects of our everyday life are dealt with in In such a way that even sensory aspects of our everyday life are dealt with in terms of quantifiable commodities and categories.

As educators in line with our practice we aim at the observation of space as deeply routed in a cultural and socio-political history, as such, acknowledging what Henri Lefebvre describes as social space; a space that is ultimately experienced and not merely objectively observed. As a conduit into exploring modes of conceived and perceived space we set up curricular structures as a meandering between the use of drawing as a representational tool in line with architectural professional codes, thus describing quantifiable space and the use of drawing as a perceptive tool in order to examine performative aspects of everyday life.

Education , Interior Design , and Drawing. I am particularly interested in the way such spaces are curated in a built-up environment, intrinsically connected to indigenous cultural phenomena particular to the site and the people using it. Prisons, graveyards, cruise ships, honeymoon suites. At the same time I am interested in how such places are in clear dichotomy with their immediate environment, unless and therefore rather appropriately one would locate the honeymoon suite within a shopping mall.

This complex spatial dialogue of distant and near fascinates me. Architecture , Collaboration , and Knowledge Discovery with Diagrams. Add Get Contact. We set the standard for finding emails Trusted by over 9.

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