Abstract
Editorial Summary: With a focus on experiential qualities Maria da Piedade Ferreira distinguishes her research object from classical (rather technical) quantities such as load-bearing capacities. In her text she illustrates how she employs methods, techniques, and instruments from performance art and neurosciences to investigate the effects of spatial conditions on the human body. In doing so, she explores a mix of qualitative and quantitative approaches, namely by experimenting with emotion measurement: Qualitative research, by including methodologies which attribute measurable values to the felt experience, might help us better understand the effects of the built environment in the human body during the design process itself, and after building. Accordingly, her aim is to integrate art and science methodologies that allow us to design spaces as intelligent extensions of the human body and positively impact how this feels and acts in the world. [Ferdinand Ludwig]
Highlights
Supported by experimental work, which includes methodologies from psychophysiology and neuroergonomics, the doctoral thesis Embodied Emotions: Observations and Experiments in Architecture and Corporeality argues that advances in fields related to the study of the brain shouldn’t be ignored by architects, since they present an opportunity for the discipline to rethink its approaches to design and teaching (Ferreira 2016). The methodology it proposes combines the somatic practices of performance art (Marshall 2008) with emotion measurement tools (Kim et al 2015: 10–12) in design education and encourages the active creative participation of students regarding the design, fabrication, and performance with body extensions, body restrictions, pieces of furniture, and installations
When working with human bodies, especially in states of vulnerability as often occurs when applying the somatic techniques of performance art and psychophysiology measurement tools, it is paramount to create a place where each student does not feel coerced to expose or participate, but has the space and the time to choose the level of participation which feels appropriate and meaningful
This is a golden rule in my practice, especially since most students of architecture and interior design have never been exposed to performance art, and have only used emotion measurement technology in a medical context
Summary
Editorial Summary: With a focus on experiential qualities Maria da Piedade Ferreira distinguishes her research object from classical (rather technical) quantities such as load-bearing capacities In her text she illustrates how she employs methods, techniques, and instruments from performance art and neurosciences to investigate the effects of spatial conditions on the human body. In doing so, she explores a mix of qualitative and quantitative approaches, namely by experimenting with emotion measurement: Qualitative research, by including methodologies which attribute measurable values to the felt experience, might help us better understand the effects of the built environment in the human body during the design process itself, and after building.
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