The Hidden Spaces of Everyday Life: Learning from the Quotidian

Claus Peder Pedersen, Esra Naime Akin

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Abstract

The paper explores the notion of the ‘everyday’ in architectural education through the examination of six educational and research projects from the academic institutions of the authors in respectively Istanbul, Turkey and Aarhus, Denmark. The paper unpacks how the projects engage with topics of the everyday in various ways. A comparative analysis orders the projects according to how specifically they address particular everyday situations and to what extent they aim to transform the spaces and social interactions of the sites they engage. The analysis is contextualised through social and architectural theories of the everyday by among others Henri Lefebvre. The conclusion argues for the importance of continuous re‑engagement with the everyday for architectural education.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTHE HIDDEN SCHOOL PAPERS : EAAE Annual Conference 2019 Proceedings, Zagreb
EditorsMia Roth‑Čerina, Roberto Cavallo
Number of pages15
PublisherEuropean Association for Architectural Education, Belgium
Publication date29 Dec 2020
Pages136-151
ISBN (Electronic)978‑90‑8312‑710‑1
Publication statusPublished - 29 Dec 2020

Keywords

  • everyday life
  • architectural Education
  • place
  • mapping
  • narrative
  • transformation

Artistic research

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