The experience of movement in the built form and space: A framework for movement evaluation in architecture

Ahmadi, Mosleh

doi:10.1080/23311983.2019.1588090

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“…Bodily movement can be divided into two aspects: physical movement and visual movement. It provides dynamic experiences through changes that occur due to spatial sequences [41,42]. It shows that bodily senses and movements provide constant dialogue with interior space due to spatial experience.…”

Section: The Body and Experiencementioning

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The Interior Experience of Architecture: An Emotional Connection between Space and the Body

Lee

2022

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This paper provides a phenomenological understanding of interior space to explore the emotional connection between space and experience. It focuses on the significant aspects of interior space, considering how people experience interior space and which aspects improve the quality of spatial and emotional experience. I have argued that the interior experience offers effective ways of stimulating emotional experience to create spatial perception as a way of understanding architecture. Interior experience can be developed through: (a) stimulating a lived body; (b) emphasizing materiality; and (c) generating emotional connection. This allows people to develop an awareness of the sensual aspects of the interior space and improve the quality of their emotional experiences. I have drawn upon representative case studies about spatial experience to explore how they use materiality to stimulate sensory effects and how the multi-sensory space connects with emotional experience, which is one of the fundamental aspects of this paper. I found that an integrated body and materiality are fundamental elements that are needed to enrich the spatial experience, even in an abstract dimension of the work without architectural form. Thus, this paper contributes to the understanding and knowledge of the relationship between interior space and experience with respect to improving the quality of the emotional experience in order to develop spatial experience and considering how experience intervenes in interior space to create a multi-sensory space.

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Section: The Body and Experiencementioning

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The Interior Experience of Architecture: An Emotional Connection between Space and the Body

Lee

2022

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“…Smaller movements (head or eye movements) can be stimulated through the manipulation of circulation or visual elements (Ahmadi, 2019). In contrast, larger movements can be prompted by emotional tension through the exploration of a challenge or conflict (Larsen, 2015;Saville, 2008).…”

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“…All movements along the scale within a designed space can create a link between the parts of the body, linking the mind, body, and space together (Ahmadi, 2019, Pallasmaa, 2012Scott G, 2014). By allowing a range of movements you can also increase the likelihood of interaction as you make the engagement more accessible to all bodies.…”

Section: Movementmentioning

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Playfulness is an element which drives play and encourages us to interact with our surroundings in new ways. As with all mammals, humans, from birth, use play as a learning tool to develop our relationship with our environment and with each other. However, when we transition into adulthood playful interactions become far less frequent. This change in behaviour creates a research opportunity within architecture to reintroduce daily play for adults with new interactive spaces. Action research is the main methodology used to develop the research on how adults experience and express playfulness. A variety of methods including drawing, model building, 1:1 design intervention, and surveying will be used to define the spatial elements which can encourage playfulness in adults. The research outlines how to encourage new interactions by connecting users’ bodies to a space through their senses, the expression of their emotions, and their movements. The haptic, olfactory, visual, and aural senses are used to engage the users in new playful spaces. Wellington City is explored for potential sites to create new playful spaces. Victoria University of Wellington’s Te Aro campus becomes the focal site for these new spaces. Te Aro campus’ interior circulation is treated with four new sensory-specific designs to encourage adult students to engage in daily play. These designs use generic forms which have sensory-specific interactions, whilst remaining ambiguous. The forms encourage adults to be playful by allowing them to project their own playfulness onto the space around them.

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The experience of movement in orbital space architecture: A narrative of weightlessness

Ahmadi

2020

Cogent Arts & Humanities

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The experience of movement in the built form and space: A framework for movement evaluation in architecture

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

The Interior Experience of Architecture: An Emotional Connection between Space and the Body

The Interior Experience of Architecture: An Emotional Connection between Space and the Body

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The experience of movement in orbital space architecture: A narrative of weightlessness

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