Description
We live in space; it is fundamental to our everyday experience and we also create places as a way of organizing our understanding of space. Space is a term that is used broadly, covering so many commonly understood meanings: architectural space, time and space, public and private space, personal space, abstract space and even the imagined spaces of the mind. We will consider in particular one way of thinking about space; that of place. Places occur at all levels of identity, scale and meaning; my home, the street corner, the public square, a city, but one common feature is that places never allow simple categorization.
What exactly are the many ways of thinking about space and place, and how can we better understand and represent them?
We will explore the many concepts of space and place and how they are created, inhabited and represented, both through the physical design and also through social behaviour.
Goals
The primary outcome of the course is that each student should be able to have an understanding of the topic and learn how to frame and develop their own approach to space and place. In the course, we will read texts from architecture, arts, urban planning, social studies, and we will explore the theme with theoretical discussion of the subject, complemented by practical observations and research.
Final outcome
During the course of the class you should have been able to develop you own understanding of the topic of space and place, as a result of the lectures, your presentations and the literature provided in the semester apparat.
Your final contribution will be based on observation, direct experience, analysis and reflection of spaces you may know during you everyday life or through some of your projects or others people’s work. It could be based on a building, an art work, a neighbourhood, a street, a square or any other space that relates to the topic of the class.
You are free to use images, movie, sound, text, drawings etc
The final outcome will be based on two options depending on your choice:
1. A multimedia project inspired by case study. Please, also provide a short written reflection based on the literature provided (text type Trebuchet 12pt, 1000 words)
2. An essay based on a case study you are willing to analyse critically (text type Trebuchet 12pt, 3000 words)
Your power point presentation from the class will also be taken into consideration for the final examination.
Click here for a pdf description of what is required
Seminar timetable
week 1, 16.04.07
Presentation: Laura Colini/Katharine Willis
Introduction
week 2, 23.04.07
Presentation: Katharine Willis
Types of space: theoretical perspectives
exercise: Introducing one another
text: Lefebvre, Knox, Lin
week 3, 30.04.07
Guest Lecture: Lorenzo Tripodi
Space of Exposure
exercise: video
text: Whyte, Gehl
week 4, 7.05.07
Presentation: Laura Colini
Public space and place
Practical Exercise: Observation in Public Space
Text: Perec, de Certeau, Borden
week 5, 14.05.07
Presentation: Laura Colini
Social space - identity, boundaries, inside, outside, belonging, fernweh and non-place
student presentation: Sandra
text: E.T. Hall, Buttimer
week 6, 21.05.07
Presentation: Katharine Willis
Social space - behaviour, crowds, personal space,
student presentation: Irena, Ozz
text: Milgram, Goffmann , Matta-Clark
week 7, 28.05.07
no seminar due to public holiday
week 8, 4.06.07
Presentation: Katharine Willis
constructed space- the built world, cities
student presentation: Daniel, Luisa
text: Auge, Franck, Thrift
week 9, 11.06.07
Presentation: Laura Colini
Imagined space and represented space, mapping
student presentation: Meltem, Jasmina
text: Lynch, Abrams, Lambert
week 10, 18.06.07
Presentation: Laura Colini
Your place - narratives, mapping and finding your way in the world
presentation: Alexandre Decoupigny, Weimar West Unerhört
student presentation: Andrea
text: Sandercock, Throgmorton, Forrester
week 11, 25.06.07
Presentation: Katharine Willis
Digital space- connectivity and presence
student presentation: Lorena, Violeta, Nayari
text: Graham, Castells, Mitchell, Harvey
week 12, 2.07.07
Presentation: Katharine Willis
Digital space- social networks, communication
student presentation: Thierry, Matthias
text: Meyrowitz, Dourish, McCollough
week 13, 9.07.07
summary
final submission: 17.09.07 -
Student participants
Andrea Acosta
Daniel Macedo
Irena Izquierdo
Jasmine Kovacheva
Lorena Marcques
Luisa Brockman
Matthias Schnell
Meltem Senturk
Nayari Castillo
Ozz Tatari
Sandra Nakamura
Thierry Giles
Violeta Matosevic
What exactly are the many ways of thinking about space and place, and how can we better understand and represent them?
We will explore the many concepts of space and place and how they are created, inhabited and represented, both through the physical design and also through social behaviour.
Goals
The primary outcome of the course is that each student should be able to have an understanding of the topic and learn how to frame and develop their own approach to space and place. In the course, we will read texts from architecture, arts, urban planning, social studies, and we will explore the theme with theoretical discussion of the subject, complemented by practical observations and research.
Final outcome
During the course of the class you should have been able to develop you own understanding of the topic of space and place, as a result of the lectures, your presentations and the literature provided in the semester apparat.
Your final contribution will be based on observation, direct experience, analysis and reflection of spaces you may know during you everyday life or through some of your projects or others people’s work. It could be based on a building, an art work, a neighbourhood, a street, a square or any other space that relates to the topic of the class.
You are free to use images, movie, sound, text, drawings etc
The final outcome will be based on two options depending on your choice:
1. A multimedia project inspired by case study. Please, also provide a short written reflection based on the literature provided (text type Trebuchet 12pt, 1000 words)
2. An essay based on a case study you are willing to analyse critically (text type Trebuchet 12pt, 3000 words)
Your power point presentation from the class will also be taken into consideration for the final examination.
Click here for a pdf description of what is required
Seminar timetable
week 1, 16.04.07
Presentation: Laura Colini/Katharine Willis
Introduction
week 2, 23.04.07
Presentation: Katharine Willis
Types of space: theoretical perspectives
exercise: Introducing one another
text: Lefebvre, Knox, Lin
week 3, 30.04.07
Guest Lecture: Lorenzo Tripodi
Space of Exposure
exercise: video
text: Whyte, Gehl
week 4, 7.05.07
Presentation: Laura Colini
Public space and place
Practical Exercise: Observation in Public Space
Text: Perec, de Certeau, Borden
week 5, 14.05.07
Presentation: Laura Colini
Social space - identity, boundaries, inside, outside, belonging, fernweh and non-place
student presentation: Sandra
text: E.T. Hall, Buttimer
week 6, 21.05.07
Presentation: Katharine Willis
Social space - behaviour, crowds, personal space,
student presentation: Irena, Ozz
text: Milgram, Goffmann , Matta-Clark
week 7, 28.05.07
no seminar due to public holiday
week 8, 4.06.07
Presentation: Katharine Willis
constructed space- the built world, cities
student presentation: Daniel
, Luisa text: Auge, Franck, Thrift
week 9, 11.06.07
Presentation: Laura Colini
Imagined space and represented space, mapping
student presentation: Meltem, Jasmina
text: Lynch, Abrams, Lambert
week 10, 18.06.07
Presentation: Laura Colini
Your place - narratives, mapping and finding your way in the world
presentation: Alexandre Decoupigny, Weimar West Unerhört
student presentation: Andrea
text: Sandercock, Throgmorton, Forrester
week 11, 25.06.07
Presentation: Katharine Willis
Digital space- connectivity and presence
student presentation: Lorena, Violeta, Nayari
text: Graham, Castells, Mitchell, Harvey
week 12, 2.07.07
Presentation: Katharine Willis
Digital space- social networks, communication
student presentation: Thierry, Matthias
text: Meyrowitz, Dourish, McCollough
week 13, 9.07.07
summary
final submission: 17.09.07 -
Student participants
Andrea Acosta
Daniel Macedo
Irena Izquierdo
Jasmine Kovacheva
Lorena Marcques
Luisa Brockman
Matthias Schnell
Meltem Senturk
Nayari Castillo
Ozz Tatari
Sandra Nakamura
Thierry Giles
Violeta Matosevic
