Kerstin Thompson Architects: Exploring affect in interior’s sticky design process

Kidd, Akari Nakai; Smitheram, Jan

doi:10.1080/20419112.2016.1191147

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“…The agglutination of new elements implies the production of an 'affect' (Gregg & Seigworth, 2010;Kidd-Nakai, 2015;Massumi, 2002) which refers to the creation and maintenance of emotional and pre-emotional responses within interior spaces as Kidd and Smitheram (2016) stated that "in interior discourse the relationship between the physical and pre-emotive is indicated with various terms (such as affect) and the design process of achieving appropriateness in objects and affect can be termed stickiness" (p. 112). In this way, agglutination and stickiness have a similar meaning in interplay or attachment through which the sticky connections are being agglutinated or preserved between the old and new, the contamination and its container.…”

Section: The Agglutinating Process and The Sticky Interiormentioning

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On 'sticky' interior: Agglutinating as an interplay strategy for building adaptation

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This paper is an exploration into the idea of agglutinating as a building adaptation strategy. This paper examines agglutinating as a potential operation to address the interplay and affective relations between spatial elements, creating a 'sticky' interior which merges or combines these elements. The study in this paper addresses agglutination as the process of re-reading the site in evocative and productive ways, rediscovering the underlying architectural logic which generates new ideas. The study is based on a fourthyear interior architecture design studio project at the Universitas Indonesia, which focuses on various experiments in regard to the theme of adaptative reuse. The experimentation allows for a deep understanding of the agglutination operations and the resulting sticky interior, discovering the interplay between different layers of contexts, substances, contaminants, and temporalities. Through the agglutinating process, a series of affective qualities of the sticky interior are figured as a variety of adaptive operations: as zones of contact and encounter, as a channelling of bodily and spatial experiences, and as the interplay of preserved connection between objects, functions, as well as values. The glutinous capacity of spatial composition nurtures the project's dynamic through which playful and provocative design experimentations are performed.

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“…By embracing ANT and closely investigating design offices, they presented architectural designs not as the result of a single or static set of actors but rather as continuously changing networks of relations between human and non-human actors. More recent ethnographic studies of Lefebvre (2017), who examined a New York architectural practice, and Kidd and Smitheram (2016), who investigated the recent work of New Zealand architect Simon Twose, drew on the previous monographs to study design offices. Here, we are faced with the challenge of studying building design processes by examining designs initiated in an architectural office and assumed to be implemented on-site.…”

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Transfer ethnography: the recording of a heritage building

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2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to detail an actor-network theory inspired ethnography of recording heritage buildings. The case study focusses on Irbid School in Al Tal area, which is one of the oldest schools in Jordan and an important heritage building. Design/methodology/approach The recording process was undertaken by third-year architectural design studio students from Philadelphia University. The paper documents the interaction between the heritage building and the students in a two-phased ethnography, including fieldwork conducted between September and December 2017. Findings The paper proposes the concept of “transfer ethnography”, which considers the continuous changes in design across different locations. This extends beyond traditional ethnography, which focusses on a single location. Here, in contrast to the classical viewpoint, following the recording process shows that building design is ongoing and extends beyond implementation through the years as the building ages. Research limitations/implications Due to the chosen research approach, the research investigated the most relevant events from the author’s perspective, which might extend in various ways. Future research is encouraged to investigate more events that support the empirical findings. Practical implications The paper provides a new angle from which building design networks can be followed through the transfer ethnography, which has implications for the recording and similar processes that necessitate the continuous following of actors. Originality/value The research suggests the transfer ethnography, which entails close and in-depth engagement with actors but changes with the transformation of a design while following the actors and networks’ shifts between the different locations. It is more delicate, attentive and indispensable considering the dynamics of design.

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Kerstin Thompson Architects: Exploring affect in interior’s sticky design process

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On 'sticky' interior: Agglutinating as an interplay strategy for building adaptation

On 'sticky' interior: Agglutinating as an interplay strategy for building adaptation

Transfer ethnography: the recording of a heritage building

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