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Suska, Edyta

From the small scales of curbs, benches, and stairs, to the largest scale of buildings, and even edges of the city, skateboarders are continually imagining and inventing places of play. Even attune to the micro-scales of architecture such as texture, cracks, or the grain of materials - tactile experiences that become embodied by the skater. Architecture is a physical manifestation that positions bodies in space and time, and skateboarders are agents of spacial appropriation. Pushing the limits of play and form - challenging the intended use of objects in the urban environment. Skateboarding itself pushing the boundaries of who can participate. This project aims to investigate street skateboarders and their gaze in activating spaces. Looking at where they are skating, what are they skating, and what is the impact of how they use space at varying scales. Harnessing what I learnt from the skaters mindset - a lens in which they seek out opportunities for play. I want to rethink and reinvent the possibilities and opportunities for architecture and design to entice people to take advantage of play in public space as skaters do. The combination of the skater’s mindset which can be ignited in us all, and design, opening up a possibility for a new creation, to promote dynamic, playful behaviour to enrich public space.

Vancouver (B.C.)

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University of British Columbia. ARCH 549

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0432060

Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of

Unreviewed

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