Dear all,
I am Ruth Stevens, architect and PhD researcher from Hasselt University,
Belgium. In my research, I apply affordances to enable architects to design
for the purpose of 'human flourishing' in architecture. I have looked at
the affordance-concept through a fully humane lens, and applied to the
domain of architectural design by introducing a specific type of affordance.
If some are interested, please contact mee.
Kind regards,
Ruth
On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 9:36 PM, Jerry Diethelm <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Some thoughts about affordance
>
> On 11/16/16, 9:16 PM, "Krippendorff, Klaus"
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > to me the affordance of an object is the set of interactions that
> something
> > supports. this applies not just to designed artifacts but also to
> phenomena
> > found in nature, even to the objects of physicists' theorizing.
>
> I think of the concept of affordance (³the set of interactions that
> something supports² K.K. above) when applied to designing as having both a
> narrow and a much wider scope of meaning and application.
>
> Limited to designed objects, the narrower perspective is to design them so
> that their perceived affordance is in close enough accord with their
> intended and desired use as commonly anticipated and understood by their
> primary users, stakeholders, and focal group advisors. This level of
> mutual
> accordance comes from designers striving for what I think Klaus Krippendorf
> means by ³second order understanding.²
>
> A practical, measurable and accountable affordance, however useful and
> necessary, is only a small portion of the vast range and kinds of potential
> human responses to things, including whether someone is afforded the
> pleasure of the shiny black finish of their new iPhone 7, or if they now
> perversely see the best affordance of their old 6s as a 6s window prop.
>
> I once sat in Bernard Berenson¹s study at I Tatti and surveyed all the
> extraordinary objects he had surrounded himself with that afforded that
> gifted man so much personal pleasure and meaning. In the same vein, one
> might also ask, what are the affordances supported by Mozart¹s Symphony No.
> 40 ,or Arthur Rubinstein¹s playing of the Mozart piano sonatas? Or the
> Piazza Navona in Rome?
>
> As a designer of urban open spaces and places, the affordance concept has
> necessarily led me to consider ³second order understandings² with a much
> looser, more socially open ended and adaptable fit, such as framework
> proposals and open space latices on which people are free to, and feel
> invited to, hang their own meaning.
>
> I think of affordance as a kasina concept with much insight to contribute
> to
> our design thinking.
>
> Regards to all,
>
> Jerry
>
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>
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