Mathias Schlünzen

GRADUATION SUMMER 2020

GRADUATION PROJECT:

ARCHITECTURE BEYOND VISION: a sensorial cultural center

PROGRAMME:

Studio 3: New Beginnings

CONTACT:

+45 42775153

Schlmat92@gmail.com

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Project description

In a society that focuses mostly on the visual, we want to explore how the lack of sight can actually be seen as a benefit to experience the world instead of a disadvantage. We believe that if we take the needs of people with visual impairment as our guideline, it will give us a more connected relationship to sensory experiences to all types of users which we think are lacking in contemporary architecture.

Our proposal, a Cultural Centre, includes exhibition galleries, workshops, restaurant/café, outdoor performance space, auditorium and offices. We imagine the building to begin to become a space where the creativity in all types of users can unfold through interactive art that speaks to your senses. The reason why we choose to work with art as the binding element is because art is another subject that is still progressing in including people with disabilities. We want to move away from the traditional “ do not touch” type of art into a more “ please touch the art” approach.

Mapping

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User investigations

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An investigation of atmospheric architecture

During the project we found out that Atmosphere is one of the main key words for this project. We found out by working with the five elements that we later discovered defines the word atmosphere in our project. Scale, Sound, Material and Temperature and the fifth element (for the seeing), light.

The project was an exploration of how to create atmosphere through these 5 elements, all elements related to the senses. The concepts were explored through different mediums of storytelling and translated into architecture. Alongside this we have put a big effort into designing the functions and qualities of an exhibition building. Our cultural center is the result of a combination between the two.

Process

During the project we have engaged ourselves (and others) in various different workshops and done different investigations in an attempt to understand what it is like to not have sight. And experience how it feels.