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As a psycho-spatial phenomenon, the inner geographies has seldom been investigated due to its abstract, intangible, and somewhat elusive nature, thereby evading definitive explanation. To derive a better understanding of the phenomenon... more
As a psycho-spatial phenomenon, the inner geographies has seldom been investigated due to its abstract, intangible, and somewhat elusive nature, thereby evading definitive explanation. To derive a better understanding of the phenomenon and enhance engagement with it, this research presents a GeoHumanities approach to explore and describe how we experience the inner geographies and what contributes to it. Just as the topic of the inner geographies suggests psychological and geographical inclination, so too does it evoke a relation between journeys and biographies, wherein the concepts of awareness, atmospheres, and imagination offer a leitmotif to structure the investigation and thread together diverse yet relevant interdisciplinary inferences. The phenomenon of the inner geographies is theoretically explored via these concepts as framed within inner-sensory perception in relation to the frameworks of emotional geographies, which links lived encounters with affective involvements, an...
Architecture is the art of making. While a design studio in a school of architecture cannot cover everything that is done in professional practice, it certainly can and must rehearse them. Of course rehearsal is not the final production... more
Architecture is the art of making. While a design studio in a school of architecture cannot cover everything that is done in professional practice, it certainly can and must rehearse them. Of course rehearsal is not the final production but it is essential for the success of the real act. Seen in this way, the teacher who enables this rehearsal has to take the responsibility for the transfer of know-how from practice to education. The author is fortunate to have been immersed intensely in the architectural industry by having worked at a significant practice that has a considerable reputation for good design in the manner in which form, spatial organisation, structure and fabric are assimilated; and the recognition of the value of integrated partnerships, which contributes to the success of projects. Using this background, and given the position of the author now as teacher, this paper reflects on ‘practitioner-teachers’ entering higher education, by investigating the transfer of des...
... Thanks to all my friends for cheering me on, especially Anahita, Louis, Simona, Sudesh, Usthani and Yusuf, as well as Tshele and all my buddies at Elphick Proome Architects. Ashik, I am so grateful for your encouragement, keen... more
... Thanks to all my friends for cheering me on, especially Anahita, Louis, Simona, Sudesh, Usthani and Yusuf, as well as Tshele and all my buddies at Elphick Proome Architects. Ashik, I am so grateful for your encouragement, keen assistance, endless support and your ...