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Geyer, June

This thesis explores the transformative potential of integrating dance notation into architectural design processes, with the goal of re-centering the human body in spatial creation. Drawing from personal dance experiences and historical intersections between dance and architecture, this study examines the Bauhaus movement’s interdisciplinary practices and Anna Halprin’s inclusive spaces through dance. The research underscores the parallels between movement and place-making, demonstrating how dance notation captures nuanced relationships between the body, time, and spatial configurations. A new hybrid notation system is proposed that addresses the limitations in representing movement within architecture and landscape architecture drawings. The notation is tested on Florencia Bay in BC, in order to rethink how site and movement is recorded. The design of this thesis investigate how a movement centered notation system can be both analytical and generative. This project envisions a future where meaningful, sustainable designs emerge from a dance inspired understanding of space. This research advocates for a paradigm shift in architectural representation, asserting that a new notation, inspired by dance notation, can recenter the body in the design process, providing designs with more specificity of place and agency for human movement.

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University of British Columbia. ARCH 549

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0442321

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

Unreviewed

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/