Place Perspectives on a Postcard Installation

Considering works of architecture as design-objects does not engage sufficiently with architecture as it is experienced by those who occupy or use it. Other perspectives are needed to understand architecture as part of embodied experience. This chapter considers an installation of postcards within a...

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Main Author: Creagh, Robyn
Other Authors: Julie Lunn
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Black Swan Press 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35893
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description Considering works of architecture as design-objects does not engage sufficiently with architecture as it is experienced by those who occupy or use it. Other perspectives are needed to understand architecture as part of embodied experience. This chapter considers an installation of postcards within a postgraduate conference from four perspectives to gain a more grounded understanding of the installation as occupied. With the support of a visual essay, this chapter takes each of the following perspectives in turn to gain richer insight into the participants experience of the installation; place as design-object, place as communication, place as lived space, and place as a moment in a network of relationships. Through this process a richer understanding of the installation is achieved. This richness is not available when considering any inhabited design solely as design-object. This inquiry is significant in providing a viable approach for architecture to engage with spaces as lived.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-358932023-02-13T08:01:34Z Place Perspectives on a Postcard Installation Creagh, Robyn Julie Lunn Stephanie Bizjack Sue Summers postcards site analysis Postcards travellers and dwellers human movement Public buildings Architecture installation inhabited space Architecture and Urban space geography lived place Considering works of architecture as design-objects does not engage sufficiently with architecture as it is experienced by those who occupy or use it. Other perspectives are needed to understand architecture as part of embodied experience. This chapter considers an installation of postcards within a postgraduate conference from four perspectives to gain a more grounded understanding of the installation as occupied. With the support of a visual essay, this chapter takes each of the following perspectives in turn to gain richer insight into the participants experience of the installation; place as design-object, place as communication, place as lived space, and place as a moment in a network of relationships. Through this process a richer understanding of the installation is achieved. This richness is not available when considering any inhabited design solely as design-object. This inquiry is significant in providing a viable approach for architecture to engage with spaces as lived. 2013 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35893 Black Swan Press restricted
spellingShingle postcards
site analysis
Postcards
travellers and dwellers
human movement
Public buildings
Architecture
installation
inhabited space
Architecture and Urban space
geography
lived
place
Creagh, Robyn
Place Perspectives on a Postcard Installation
title Place Perspectives on a Postcard Installation
title_full Place Perspectives on a Postcard Installation
title_fullStr Place Perspectives on a Postcard Installation
title_full_unstemmed Place Perspectives on a Postcard Installation
title_short Place Perspectives on a Postcard Installation
title_sort place perspectives on a postcard installation
topic postcards
site analysis
Postcards
travellers and dwellers
human movement
Public buildings
Architecture
installation
inhabited space
Architecture and Urban space
geography
lived
place
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35893