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Architectural Theory Review | 2009

Designing a notation for the senses

Raymond Lucas

This paper looks at the issues surrounding the development and design of a system of notation, in this case the design of a notation for the senses. This activity raises several important issues about how we represent our perceptions and how we employ such perceptions in the design process. Notational and inscriptive practices are often regarded as wholly natural and neutral frameworks within which ideas may be expressed. This is far from being the case, and the form of a representation colours the mode of thought taken in developing the ideas to a greater or lesser degree.


Psyecology. Bilingual Journal of Environmental Psychology | 2010

Assessing the multi-sensory qualities of urban space

Raymond Lucas; Ombretta Romice

Abstract Urban spaces are an experience for all the senses, but all too often, academics and designers are interested in only the visual or aural aspects of place. What are the implications of a more holistic approach to the role of the senses in our experience of urban space? This paper investigates ways of assessing the multi-sensory quality of urban spaces. One important task is to find ways of recording sensory experience, as individualistic and variable as it can be. The paper describes a notational system depicting the relative importance, corroboration, and qualities, of six perceptual systems in the tradition of James J. Gibsons (1966) groundbreaking work. The notational system is demonstrated with a series of notations of spaces in Rome. Such a notational system can be used as an individualistic exercise akin to sketching, but has a number of wider uses as well, such as the diagnosis of sensory deficits across a site or route. This research draws on a wide literature, from the phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty (1962) through Ingolds anthropology of the environment (2000, 2007a). The work of James J. Gibson on the contextual nature of perception (1966) is central to the research, enlarged by more literary approaches from Georges Perec (1974), Michel deCerteau, Gaston Bachelard and Henri Lefebvres Rhythmanalysis. This research puts these more open, subjective theories of environmental perception into practice by embedding them in a set of inscriptive practices, allowing them to become part of the design process.


Psyecology | 2010

Evaluación de las cualidades multisensoriales del espacio urbano: un enfoque metodológico y sistema de notación para el registro y diseño de la experiencia multisensorial en el espacio urbano

Raymond Lucas; Ombretta Romice

Resumen Los espacios urbanos son una experiencia para todos los sentidos, pero con demasiada frecuencia el interés de académicos y diseñadores se centra únicamente en los aspectos visuales o auditivos de los lugares. ¿Quéimplica adoptar un enfoque más holístico del papel de los sentidos en nuestra experiencia del espacio urbano? Este artículo investiga distintas formas de evaluar la cualidad multisensorial de los espacios urbanos. Una tarea importante es encontrar maneras de registrar la experiencia sensorial, teniendo en cuenta su alta variabilidad e individualidad. Se describe aquí un sistema de notación de la importancia relativa, corroboración y cualidades de seis sistemas preceptuales, siguiendo la tradición del trabajo pionero de James J. Gibson (1966). Se ofrece como ejemplo de este sistema una serie de notaciones tomadas en varios espacios de Roma. Un sistema de estas características puede emplearse como ejercicio puntual, a la manera de un bosquejo, pero también tiene otras aplicaciones más amplias, como el diagnóstico de déficits sensoriales en un lugar o ruta. Esta investigación se basa en una extensa literatura, desde la fenomenología de Merleau-Ponty (1962) a la antropología ambiental de Ingold (2000, 2007a). El trabajo de James J. Gibson sobre la naturaleza contextual de la percepción (1966) es central para esta investigación, y se amplía con enfoques más literarios como los de Georges Perec (1974), Michel de Certeau, Gaston Bachelard y el ritmanálisis de Henri Lefebvre. En este estudio se ponen en práctica estas teorías más abiertas y subjetivas de la percepción ambiental, incorporándolas a un conjunto de prácticas de registro y permitiendo así que formen parte del proceso de diseño.


Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal | 2008

Representing sensory experience in urban design

Raymond Lucas; Ombretta Romice


In: Tim Ingold, Jo Lee Vergunst, editor(s). Ways of Walking: Ethnography and Practice on Foot. Aldershot: Ashgate; 2008. p. 169-184. | 2008

Taking a Line for a Walk: Walking as an Aesthetic Practice

Raymond Lucas


In: Mark Harris, editor(s). Ways of Knowing: New Approaches in the Anthropology of Knowledge and Learning. Oxford: Berghahn Books; 2007. p. 287-305. | 2007

The 4 A’s (Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture): Reflections on a Teaching and Learning Experience.

Raymond Lucas; Tim Ingold; Mark Harris


Archive | 2016

Research Methods for Architecture

Raymond Lucas


Clcweb-comparative Literature and Culture | 2012

The Instrumentality of Gibson's Medium as an Alternative to Space

Raymond Lucas


In: Tom Inns, editor(s). Designing for the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Methods & Findings. Farnham: Ashgate; 2009.. | 2010

Making Sense of the City: Representing the Multi-modality of Urban Space

Raymond Lucas; G.M. Mair; Ombretta Romice


Unknown Journal | 2009

The Sensory Experience of Sacred Space: Senso-ji and Meiji-Jingu, Tokyo

Raymond Lucas

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Ombretta Romice

University of Strathclyde

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G.M. Mair

University of Strathclyde

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Mike Anusas

University of Strathclyde

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