Poems In Space: “Au de Cologne/Sour Theater”

Abstract (2023)

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A. Sioli Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment
V.A. Cellucci Library Learning Centre
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Situated Architecture (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
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2023

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English

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Architecture and the Built Environment

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Architecture

Research Group

Situated Architecture

Abstract

Engaging the masterclass “Eau de Cologne/sour theater” that took place in a recent master-level studio-course of architecture, this paper examines the role of poetry in exploring the stories of a place and in building students’ capacity for storytelling. The masterclass, which lasted for ten days, is titled after a line from Tristan Tzara’s Dadaist poem “Proclamation without Pretention,”[i] chosen to draw attention to the sense of smell in space. Indeed, the students employed poetry to address an element rarely addressed in architectural education: smells and olfactory atmospheres. [...]

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