TY - CHAP
T1 - Transcription: Addressing the Interactivity Between Urban and Architectural Spaces and Their Use
AU - Havik, K.M.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This contribution stresses the gap between the design of urban spaces and their use. It argues that the interactivity between writer and reader in literature, in the sense that the reader co-produces the text, also counts for the designer and the user (or perceiver) of architectural space. I propose the notion Transcription as an approach connecting this interactivity to the role of activities, movements, and events in the experience and the making of urban space. Literary concepts such as perspective, character, and narrative are brought into the realm of urban and architectural design. First, the paper brings to the fore the work of a number of theorists who have addressed the social dimension of space, for instance, Henri Lefebvre, stating that space is socially produced, and Michel de Certeau, who connects the spatial practices of everyday life to the idea of narrative. Second, the paper discusses how architects such as Daniel Libeskind and Peter Eisenman have attempted to transcribe such insights to their theoretical and architectural projects.
AB - This contribution stresses the gap between the design of urban spaces and their use. It argues that the interactivity between writer and reader in literature, in the sense that the reader co-produces the text, also counts for the designer and the user (or perceiver) of architectural space. I propose the notion Transcription as an approach connecting this interactivity to the role of activities, movements, and events in the experience and the making of urban space. Literary concepts such as perspective, character, and narrative are brought into the realm of urban and architectural design. First, the paper brings to the fore the work of a number of theorists who have addressed the social dimension of space, for instance, Henri Lefebvre, stating that space is socially produced, and Michel de Certeau, who connects the spatial practices of everyday life to the idea of narrative. Second, the paper discusses how architects such as Daniel Libeskind and Peter Eisenman have attempted to transcribe such insights to their theoretical and architectural projects.
KW - narrative
KW - literary spaces
KW - architecture
KW - urban studies
KW - spatial literary studies
UR - https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030552688
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85145680743&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-55269-5_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-55269-5_7
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-030-55268-8
T3 - Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies
SP - 121
EP - 139
BT - Exploring the Spatiality of the City Across Cultural Texts
A2 - Kindermann, Martin
A2 - Rohleder, Rebekka
PB - Palgrave MacMillan
ER -