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    Artistic-architectural micro-narratives in the city
    (2022) Barbas, iSABEL; Escola de Comunicação, Arquitetura, Artes e Tecnologias da Informação
    In the current 'burnout society' (Byung Chul Han), or 'liquid modernity' (Zygmunt Bauman), or 'red fish civilization' (Bruno Patino), in which the individual finds himself immersed in a diffuse, confused, global, where the boundaries between the private and the public, work and leisure, the specific and the global, the material and the immaterial are diluted, producing a new kind of 'habitat', what role can perform ‘artistic installations’ and small-scale ‘architectural installations’ on public space, in the debate about the current society, that is also committed to emerging ecological values? Taking into account its small scale, economy of materials, costs and reduced times, compared to the 'disciplinary' urban and architectural operations established in city 'design' policies, and above all taking into account its 'power of communication', of more immediate and performative interaction appealing to 'new aesthetic senses' [expanded field of art/architecture], we propose to look at the 70's - decade in which a freer artistic intervention was democratized but also more objective and committed to new ideas about the 'Polis', about the need to reactivate its use value [work] to the detriment of exchange value [profit], producing 'playfully' (Huizinga) and 'phenomenologically' new spaces of interaction (Lefebvre) and the influences they can play today. Appealing to the 'participation', 'activation' and even 'co-authorship' of the inhabitants, this type of artistic intervention on a 'human scale' in the city acts, either by 'adherence' or even by 'confrontation' – which is also a form of contact –, a dialogue with the public, which is thus involved in the construction of new 'micronarratives' about the city; awakening new personal critical senses about the 'common space', underlining the importance of the 'micro' in the 'macro' which is, perhaps, a possible way to build a more ecological society. Keywords: Art-architecture Installations in Public Space / Critical and ecological art-architectural practices in the city / Mediation, participation and co-authorship
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    The awareness of the past for an unknown future: the present act of the architect and the creative user in shaping spatial space
    (2022) Issa, Rand; Escola de Comunicação, Arquitetura, Artes e Tecnologias da Informação
    Architecture is yielded by use and design. The architectural realm is well known as a property of Architects “architecture is a heroic endeavor made by architects, guided by the masters” (Banham, 1975, p.3)*. Gropius articulated that the architect’s ultimate concern in designing buildings is represented in their human use and occupation. Therefore, questioning the architects’ perception of the users’ needs arises especially in times of crisis. Hereby, users are a threat to architects in terms of spatial transformation and how the building can adapt to reflect changes in use, and who between the architect, owner, and user, has the authority and knowledge to alternate the occupied form/ space. As if Functionalism is the starting point for most post-war architects’ assessment of use; flexibility, polyvalence, and user collaboration. Nowadays, the global pandemic emerged the necessity of the creative user to give existing spaces new meaning, a change of use that is not merely dependent upon a physical change but a change in the perception of the user toward the occupied space and the needs through the time of crisis. This paper is to concentrate on the intertwining role of the architect – the creative user who is not defined as a passive in the architecture realm but as a reactive user following the three types of creativity: mental, bodily, and physical. An analytical study of how users would shape their own space if they have the choice through a fixed space to design their quarantine based on the Covid-19 lockdown
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    Dansbana! in the context: performative process for inclusive public space
    (2022) Selberg, Teres; Escola de Comunicação, Arquitetura, Artes e Tecnologias da Informação
    The historical building typology ‘dansbana’ was important social spaces, especially among young people, in Sweden and the Northern parts of Europe, in the beginning of the 20th century. They were typically small-scale structures built of wood, a lot of times designed and constructed as a community activity. The music was played live, and the dance would be different kinds of steering dances, where girls were waiting to be asked out to the dance floor. Dansbana! is an organization (run by the architects Anna Pang, Anna Fridolin and Teres Selberg), creating public spaces for dance with hands-on, dance-specific methods, founded to change statistics showing that young girls are heavily underrepresented as users of public spaces for activities. At the same time the concept of the traditional building typology ‘dansbana’ is updated to meet the needs and wishes of local dance communities and young girls in today’s contemporary world. Gender inequality is global and one of the biggest obstacles to sustainable development, economic growth and poverty reduction. This research aims to produce and communicate alternative methods to work together towards the SDGs, challenging norms within urban development and broadening the spectrum of how to execute practice-based research globally. Using the experiences from three projects by the organisation Dansbana! in the region of Stockholm, Sweden as well as their most recent installations in Istanbul, Turkey and Akron, USA this research aims at a) visualizing methods of inclusive and context-specific production of public space with young girls as focus group b) developing further the cross-disciplinary participatory methods used within the organization Dansbana! today c) expanding the role of the architect through playful, performative investigations
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    Museum-house : the transformation of residences into sociocultural memory spaces
    (2022) Gonçalves, Renata Carlos de Oliveira; Escola de Comunicação, Arquitetura, Artes e Tecnologias da Informação
    The present study proposes a reflection about the transformation process of houses that belonged to representative residents into museum spaces, as well as the relations established with the society and its surroundings. A space considered as a holder of socio- cultural memory represents the daily life and customs of a society during an era and it is able to expose beyond the material legacy of someone or some family. The representation of the daily life and customs of the residents and its interpretive programs promote a cultural understanding with the local community and visitors. The house is often seen as a connection of architectural legacy with memory, identity, and social representation (Bourdieu, 1989). Thus, the conversion of use is very interesting and attractive, but some difficulties are encountered, such as the adaptation of the program of needs accessibility, legibility and imageability (Lynch, 1960, p.10). The transformation of a space previously designed to be private and intimate considers conceptual issues of tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Therefore, the fundamental principle of the museum-house is the treatment given to a private place that was not designed for exhibitions, but its collection is what fosters this event. Therefore, these are spaces created from the inside out, from the inner to the outer part, respecting the symbolic singularity of each collection and sometimes resulting in inviting solutions for new experiences depending on the methodology of the approach used in the mediation process. Thenceforth, it is possible to understand the ambiences perceived and realized by the individual and their experience of the space
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    The “Old-Age Scale” : theoretical contributions from environmental gerontology
    (2022) Nascimento, Mariana Alves da Silva do; Niedoba, Simone; Bestetti, Maria Luisa Trindade; Castro, Luiz Guilherme Rivera de; Wanka, Anna; Escola de Comunicação, Arquitetura, Artes e Tecnologias da Informação
    Older adults were one of the groups framed as most 'at risk' during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, they were most affected by measures like social distancing that reduced or even completely restricted the use and occupation of the territory by seniors. This led many to social isolation, decreasing their chances to participate, enjoy, belong, and ultimately, exercise their right to the city. As restrictions are reducing and people are resuming social interactions outside virtual spaces, it is pertinent to recognize the importance of the built environment in old age and how the exchange between persons and environments can influence the well-being, autonomy, health, and even identity of ageing individuals. To this end, the studies and theories developed in environmental gerontology, a subfield within gerontology dedicated to investigating the relations between seniors and the environment in terms of social, physical, and psychological aspects, can be of great value to comprehending how older adults perceive, use, appropriate, and connect with spaces. That is, understanding the person-environment relationship from another perspective or scale: the scale of older people. Therefore, we seek to introduce in this paper three key theoretical frameworks and concepts of environmental gerontology. Aiming to contribute to expanding the knowledge about a growing population in many places, and a subject (still) little discussed within architecture and urbanism, we expect that being acquainted with these theories can nurture new research and practices in architecture, urban design, and urban planning that consider the old-age scale, promoting friendly environments for all
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    Sensory ecology: designing synergies between micro and macro-scales of experience in public environments
    (2022) Mace, Valerie; Escola de Comunicação, Arquitetura, Artes e Tecnologias da Informação
    This study introduces ways in which designers can contribute to people’s ability to develop positive emotional connections with their environment, to design sensory spaces where people can flourish. It is situated in ontological design, drawing on the phenomenological theory of embodiment whilst advocating an ecological perspective to bring together spatial and human dimensions. Placing the sensing body as the primary means of perception, it examines qualitative interrelations between the microscale of experience, the scale of the body and its immediate surroundings, and the macro-scale of experience, the wider context of the physical and social environments. These complementary scales are examined through two interrelated principles, privateness and porosity. Privateness is enacted and characterised by people’s ability to define personal and group territories in the micro-scale whilst porosity enables them to maintain sensory connections with the macro-scale. This is first examined in a case study of the public interior of the Royal Festival Hall, a major cultural venue in London. This environment, where space and people converge, provides a rich field for exploration. This is followed by design experiments to test the findings from the case study. The outcome of this study feeds into a larger research project to contribute towards a sensori-emotional framework for spatial design