Architects' Conceptions of the Human Body
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- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
- Vol. 21 (1) , 47-65
- https://doi.org/10.1068/d271t
Abstract
In this paper I develop the contention that architects rarely relate their design conceptions to the human body and its multiple forms of embodiment. Where the body is conceived of, it is usually in terms of a conception of the ‘normal body’, or a body characterised by geometrical proportions arranged around precise Cartesian dimensions. I describe and evaluate the content and implications of architects' conceptions of the body and embodiment, and consider the possibilities for, and problems in, challenging the dominance of bodily reductive conceptions in architecture.Keywords
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