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Author Archives: Valerie Mace
Volos Transects
I recently attended Ambiances, tomorrow, the 3rd International Congress on Ambiances organised in Volos, Greece: 21 – 24 September 2016 by the International Ambiances Network. Above: Poster of the Congress More than 150 speakers presented papers on one of the six themes below: 1. Ambiantal … Continue reading
The Transfigured Phenomena of Domesticity in the Urban Interior
A paper I wrote as an account of a phenomenological experience. It is published in the 2015 Urban + Interior edition of the IDEA journal. Available for download from the IDEA website. The paper also includes location photographs I took to illustrate … Continue reading
Posted in Atmosphere, Perceptions, Spatial Experience
Tagged Bermondsey Street, epoché, Husserl, IDEA journal, intentionality, Phenomenology, Urban + Interior
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Multi sensory tasting lunch with Kitchen Theory
On Wednesday, I joined a group of people, all complete strangers, for a multi-sensory lunch where each dish was prepared to provide a unique multi sensory experience. Of course, the taste of the food was very important but it was enhanced … Continue reading
Posted in Atmosphere, Perceptions, Sensory
Tagged Charles Spence, experimental psychology, food, kitchen theory, multi-sensory, perceptions, Sensory. experiences, sight, smell, sound, taste, touch
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DRS2016 Smellwalk Brighton workshop
This workshop, also at the Design Research Society conference, was in part organised by Kate McLean, PhD candidate at the RCA (there were 3 activities, each organised by a different person). Kate’s fantastic work focuses on mapping our sensory experiences … Continue reading
Posted in Perceptions, Sensory
Tagged Brighton, design research, Design Research Society, DRS2016, Kate McLean, sensory perceptions, smell walk, smells cape
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DRS2016 Sensory Experiences workshop
In June I attended the Design Research Society Conference in Brighton. Four fantastic days of workshops and talks on design research (of course). Two workshops were especially interesting for me because highly relevant to my research on sensory experiences. This … Continue reading
Posted in Perceptions, Sensory
Tagged Brighton, Brighton University, design research, Design Research Society, DRS2016, food, Jenny Darzentas, Kate McLean, Lois Frankel, perceptions, RCA, sensing, Sensory. experiences, smell, sound, touch
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A phenomenological approach to primary research in Spatial Design
This case study advocates a phenomenological approach to site-specific documentation and evaluation, placing human psychological needs and lived experiences at the centre of Spatial Design education. The project, with 2nd year students from the BA (Hons) Spatial Design course at … Continue reading
Inhabiting the Transition Space
I recently ran a project with the 2nd year BA (Hons) Spatial Design at the London College of Communication (University of the Arts London) where, in collaboration with South West Trains in Wimbledon station, students were asked to re-examine the way people … Continue reading
Sensing the Urban Interior
I presented her paper ‘Sensing the Urban Environment’ at the [in]arch 2014 International Conference that took place at Universitas Indonesia, Department of Interior Architecture, Depok (Jakarta) on 10th and 11th September 2014, where I showcased techniques I developed to document sensory experiences in interior environments, to … Continue reading
Posted in Atmosphere, Interiority, Spatial Experience
Tagged affect, atmosphere, embodied, Gibson, interiority, Merleau-Ponty, perceptions, sensing, Zumthor
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Performing the environment: the perceptual voice of the interior
Beyond situations that have been experienced, discover situations that have been dreamed” Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space (1958: 29) INTRODUCTION This project investigates the creation of an immersive experience in the abandoned interior of Poplar Baths, in Poplar, … Continue reading
Mémoires d’espaces
Juhani Pallasmaa – Retinal Architecture and the Loss of Plasticity ‘The architecture of our time is turning into the retinal art of the eye. Architecture at large has become an art of the printed image fixed by the hurried eye … Continue reading
Posted in Spatial Experience
Tagged architecture, gaze, Juhani Pallasmaa, memory, photography, retinal art, space
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