BODIES IN MOTION 48 School for Dance: Architecture as a permeable container, holding briefly & releasing activity from and to the urban street. drawing by Hoge Day
Buildings and landscapes for dance activity can develop concepts for moving on, through, over, and above, singly, in a line, and in groups through built environments. For a graduate studio project at Arizona State University, Hoge Day developed a school for dance as a permeable container: a public space whose surfaces, framed by a multi-sloping ground/wall/roof, encourages engagement and occupation in innovative ways. The multi-sloping surface creates and frames an elevated practice room, making dance practice a free performance for street passers-by. This move considers daily practice more than mundane exercises, but an
entertainment spectacle for all to enjoy and indirectly participate. These examples show integration of interiors to exterior performance/use, allow changing uses and roles for viewing and performing within interior and exterior built environments, and pursue the design of all elements of a built public space as opportunities for engagement. Bodies in motion become an important conceptual basis for design of the public space to bring individuals together. Movement is a vital new component of public spaces that can strongly enhance community.
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