Chance Encounters Between Body And Buildings:New Technologies In Architecture And Dance

Spurr, S

Chance Encounters Between Body And Buildings:New Technologies In Architecture And Dance

Spurr, S

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Publisher:: AASA & UTS
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia Annual Conference (AASA), 2007, pp. 1 - 5
Issue Date:: 2007-01

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dc.contributor.author	Spurr, S	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Orr, K	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Kaji-O'grady, S	en_US
dc.date	2007-09-27	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia Annual Conference (AASA), 2007, pp. 1 - 5	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/7395
dc.description.abstract	The fields of dance and architecture initially seem in direct opposition â one dedicated to movement and the other to stasis. In many ways dance appears to hold the many qualities ever beyond architecture; the opportunity of flight, of âlivenessâ, of the ephemeral. Importing ways of thinking as well as doing from dance into architectural practice is conditioned through the shared focus on the encounters between bodies and spaces. In grappling with the impact of new technologies on the design process, new kinds of movement and spaces are being produced. A key tactic that has emerged within both fields is that of chance. This is arguably the most radical shift that has occurred in the architectural design process. As well as the growing explorations of interactive, multi-media and virtual technologies in dance performances, has been the expansion of notational and choreographic programs that utilize unpredictability. The move toward abstracted systems in these programs endeavours to incorporate energy, force, direction and intent, opening up choreographies to undetermined movements. In this context what dance may provide for architecture, are methods that respond to the difficulty in retaining the animate body in the virtual acrobatics generated by new, generative, architectural programs. In this paper I will be examining the transformation of the architecture drawing through generative modelling programs based in indeterminacy. The implications of these new methodologies in terms of the design process and the animate body, are viewed in relation to dance experimentation in this area. By specifically looking at the digitised body geometries of choreographer William Forsythe, I hope to open both fields to new encounters between bodies and buildings.	en_US
dc.publisher	AASA & UTS	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia Annual Conference (AASA)	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia Annual Conference	en_US
dc.title	Chance Encounters Between Body And Buildings:New Technologies In Architecture And Dance	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Sydney, Australia	en_US
utslib.location.activity	UTS	en_US
utslib.for	1201 Architecture	en_US
dc.location.activity	UTS	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Design
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pubs.place-of-publication	Sydney, Australia	en_US
pubs.start-date	2007-09-27	en_US

Abstract:

The fields of dance and architecture initially seem in direct opposition â one dedicated to movement and the other to stasis. In many ways dance appears to hold the many qualities ever beyond architecture; the opportunity of flight, of âlivenessâ, of the ephemeral. Importing ways of thinking as well as doing from dance into architectural practice is conditioned through the shared focus on the encounters between bodies and spaces. In grappling with the impact of new technologies on the design process, new kinds of movement and spaces are being produced. A key tactic that has emerged within both fields is that of chance. This is arguably the most radical shift that has occurred in the architectural design process. As well as the growing explorations of interactive, multi-media and virtual technologies in dance performances, has been the expansion of notational and choreographic programs that utilize unpredictability. The move toward abstracted systems in these programs endeavours to incorporate energy, force, direction and intent, opening up choreographies to undetermined movements. In this context what dance may provide for architecture, are methods that respond to the difficulty in retaining the animate body in the virtual acrobatics generated by new, generative, architectural programs. In this paper I will be examining the transformation of the architecture drawing through generative modelling programs based in indeterminacy. The implications of these new methodologies in terms of the design process and the animate body, are viewed in relation to dance experimentation in this area. By specifically looking at the digitised body geometries of choreographer William Forsythe, I hope to open both fields to new encounters between bodies and buildings.

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