Within the Cimeras: Spaces of Imagination
Spankie, R. 2015. Within the Cimeras: Spaces of Imagination. Production Sites: Resituating the Culture of Architectural Knowledge. Bartlett School of Architecture UCL 28 - 30 Jul 2015
Spankie, R. 2015. Within the Cimeras: Spaces of Imagination. Production Sites: Resituating the Culture of Architectural Knowledge. Bartlett School of Architecture UCL 28 - 30 Jul 2015
| Title | Within the Cimeras: Spaces of Imagination |
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| Authors | Spankie, R. |
| Type | Conference paper |
| Abstract | Production Sites was a set of two conferences that took place in London and Sydney that scrutinised the new cultures of architectural knowledge by examining the sites where knowledge is produced. As a discipline, architecture has largely framed knowledge through the idea of building types, formal styles or sites for design action. Yet participatory design modes, digital technologies, and event-based models present alternatives that probe the divisions between real and imaginary sites, experiential and ideatic encounters, aesthetics and technology. What are the emerging alternative sites, where knowledge is generated or from which it is also drawn? How do these relate to traditional sites and well-established typologies such as the architect’s office, the university, the museum, the exhibition, or the library? How do new scenarios present an adaption or substitution of these frameworks? What are the modes of production that are related to these sites, and the associated tools and methods? And, apart from architects themselves, are there other producers of knowledge relevant to the architectural discipline, such as users, curators, theoreticians, activists or ‘cross-benchers’ |
| Year | 2015 |
| Conference | Production Sites: Resituating the Culture of Architectural Knowledge |