(cdm) Mind Space - Uma experiência corporizada do espaço

Abstract

This dissertation reflects upon issues related with the architectural experience and the consequences it bears to the project. The dialogue between Body and Space is the motto for the unfolding of the speech, which focuses on the confrontation between built space - objective and material -, and lived space - subjective and intangible. The first part (Parte 1) is a theoretical analysis of the suggested topic. Following a description of the purpose of the study and a short introduction to the subject, clarifying the meaning of the space concept in this study, an approach to the body concept in spatial definition is proposed, i.e., which kind of relations are established between man, his body and space. The aim is to understand the concept of body, not merely as a physical architecture referent but as a synthesizer of a whole sensory experience, emerging, thus as user, a synthetic vehicle of sensory experience and perceptual spaces. In this context, special attention is paid to Rudolf Steiner's theory of the Twelve Senses, which reinforces the idea that bodily experience in space involves the interaction between all senses; this idea is complemented, whenever possible, with real examples for each one of the senses. The work then proceeds with an analysis of how human body influenced architectural space through history and the consequences of this relationship. The spatial concepts of built, lived and influenced by the body are then defined. At this stage, some important questions are raised and answered as the chapter develops. To conclude the first part of the thesis, four different examples of architects, including their methods and works, are examined has a complement to the study. The second part (Parte 2) is an analysis of the Case Study, the Casa da Música. At first, the project is approached from a theoretical point of view, through a representation of the object in time and space by its integration into historical and geographical contexts. The architectural process that led to the final result we see today is analyzed, as are the organizing concepts, methods and project strategies. This theoretical approach is the support for the practical analysis that follows, through a cinematographic study of the same object, which shapes and interprets the abstract subject suggested for discussion in the first part, in order to clarify the topic developed throughout this thesis. At this point, the purpose and theme of the filming emerge clearly, along with concepts for its analysis, the video structural sequence and the storyboard.