Kinesthetic Approach in Architectural Space

Pointing to kinesthetic targets in space.

An experiment investigated in human adults the sensorimotor transformation involved in pointing to a spatial target identified previously by kinesthetic cues. In the "locating phase," a computer-controlled mechanical arm guided the left [condition LR (left-right)] or right [condition RR (right-right)] finger of the blindfolded participant to one of 27 target positions. In the subsequent "pointi...

An empirical approach to the experience of architectural space

Articulating Space through Architectural Diagrams

This paper is directed to the use of architectural diagrams. Whenever architectural designers are confronted by a design task the beginning solution process entails a visualization of possible design solutions. The relationship between aspects of the beginning of the design process, the usage of architectural diagrams and the physical building as the final product of the design process is highl...

Reconfiguring Architectural Space Through Photography

“Representation includes everything people construct to be known as a visual record or figurative manifestation of that reality. [...] Within this approach, architects usually reduce the definition of representation to the creation of such visual forms as drawings or models that selectively double or imitate the physical reality of a building. I would like to move beyond this traditional view t...

Diagrammatic Transformation of Architectural Space

Considering how much work has gone into the study of diagrams in architecture, the place of diagrams within architectural theory and practice still remains somewhat allusive. After all what relation do they have to sketches, plans or elevations? Or is it not so much the single diagram but the linkages that they engender, linkages that mark the teleological nature of architecture itself? Is it n...