Abstract
The course “Spatial Imagination and Representation” brought two rather unlikely subjects to-gether: philosophy and drawing. They have become a promising couple, braiding the theoretical with the prac-tical. Special about the new course is its methodological approach. We have made the philosophy of space into a tangible and concrete subject, explaining various conceptions of space and working out how these concep-tions affect our way of responding to space. At the same time, the lessons in drawing explore these theoretical positions, giving the theory a foundation in practice. Both philosophy and drawing are concerned with process-es of abstraction in the exploration of our environment. These abstractions express themselves in images and descriptions that can be explored through both disciplines, after all drawing is often defined as a kind of ‘think-ing of the hand’. Philosophy on the other hand thinks about the process of thinking itself, but also about the object of its thought.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges |
| Editors | M.J.R. Couceiro da Costa, F. Rosetta, S.C. da Costa, J. Pestana Lages |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | CRC Taylor & Francis |
| Pages | 1085-1092 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Edition | 2017 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-315-22625-5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-138-02966-8 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |