Here is the website for Sensory Urbanism. Further
details will be appearing there soon.
http://web.mac.com/raymond.p.lucas/Sensory_Urbanism/Call_for_Papers.html
Kindest regards,
Dr Raymond Lucas
PS: Many thanks to Dr Meziani for letting me know it
was missing from the call.
--- Rim Meziani <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Dr.Raymond Lucas,
>
> Could you please send us the web page of this
> conference? Thank you very much.
> Yours,
>
> Dr. Rim Meziani
> Postdoctoral Research Fellow
> Kaneda's Urban Planning Laboratory
> Graduate School of Engineering,
> Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Raymond Lucas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Please find below a call for papers for 'Sensory
> Urbanism', a 2-day conference at the University of
> Strathclyde in January 2008.
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Ray Lucas
>
> Dr Raymond Lucas
>
> AHRC/EPSRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
> Multimodal Representations of Urban Space
> University of Strathclyde
> Department of Architecture
> Room G28
> Architecture Building
> 131 Rottenrow
> Glasgow
> G4 0NG
>
> 0044 (0)141 548 3997
>
>
>
> SENSORY URBANISM
>
> An Interdisciplinary Two Day Conference
> Departments of Architecture & Building Science /
> DMEM
> University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
> Tuesday 8th - Wednesday 9th January 2008
> Conference Fee: £45 (full), £30 (speaker), £25
> (student with proof of status)
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> We invite scholars and practitioners to submit
> papers
> for the following two-day conference: SENSORY
> URBANISM, organised by the Multimodal Representation
> of Urban Space research group, a Design for the 21st
> Century initiative supported by the AHRC and EPSRC.
> Submitted papers will be reviewed by a committee
> comprising the research group and advisory board.
> We are currently looking into possible channels for
> publication via a journal special issue, or will
> publish proceedings independently.
> Representing space is not only a long-standing
> challenge to the arts but is also a major task in
> the
> planning process for buildings, cities, and many
> other
> products. This particularly applies to the "Urban
> Renaissance" of our days with its emphasis on public
> places. Space – more than the surrounding objects or
> buildings – seems to demand to be represented not
> only
> visually, as it is not only determined by the
> visible
> surrounding objects, but also by sound and smell
> which
> are literally "in the air", and by an integrated
> multimodal body experience which is related to the
> space itself. Nevertheless, spaces, especially urban
> spaces in planning processes, are today usually only
> represented in a visual manner.
> The major hypothesis of our project is that much
> better results for convenient and appealing urban
> spaces could be achieved if all sensory factors were
> acknowledged and controlled during the design
> process.
> There is no doubt about the multimodal quality of
> urban space – it always appeals to all senses. For
> example the most beautifully designed public square
> is
> destroyed if a noisy and odorous motorway is nearby,
> and not much would be left of the special atmosphere
> of the Piazza della Fontana di Trevi in Rome if the
> sound and coolness deriving from the running water
> was
> missing. All these factors are usually poorly
> represented (if considered at all) during the design
> process, but such an appropriate representation
> could
> help create better public spaces.
> How might such an appropriate representation of the
> multimodal qualities of urban space be achieved
> during
> the design process? Depending on this general
> question
> several sub-questions emerge: How can space be
> represented in general? What means of representing
> space have already been developed? What kind of
> design
> control could be achieved if the multimodal
> qualities
> of spaces were also included into the design
> process?
> What kind of creativity might be evoked by using
> methods of multimodal space representation? What
> affordable and practical technologies might be used
> in
> common design processes for spaces?
>
> Papers are encouraged from a range of disciplines
> including:
> Anthropology
> Architectural Design
> Architectural History & Theory
> Environmental Psychology
> Fine Art
> Geography
> Philosophy
> Product Design
> Sound Design
> Urban Design
>
> Papers should address one or more of the following
> themes:
> REPRESENTATION
>
> Representation of Urban Spaces
> Representation of the Senses
> Representation of Experience
>
> DESIGN AND PROCESS
>
> Designing for / with Alternative Sensory Experiences
> Multimodality and Presence
> Inscriptive Practices, Notation and Drawing
>
> SENSES OF PLACE
>
> Cultural Experience of Place
> Sensory Experience of Place
> Narratives of Place
>
>
> Abstracts should be no more than 300 words, and
> accompanied by a brief biography of the author(s).
> Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to Raymond Lucas
> no
> later than Friday 16th November 2007.
> For further information, please contact:
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Dr Raymond Lucas
> Room G28
> Architecture Building
> 131 Rottenrow
> University of Strathclyde
> Glasgow
> G4 0NG
> tel: 0141 548 3997
>
>
>
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