Experience workshop at Netherlands Architecture Institute

THE SPACES This part of the workshop will take place in three different spaces.

The first space will be tutor room 1.2 at the faculty of Architecture.

The second space is the auditorium in the NAI and the third space is in front of the auditorium.

THE WORKSHOP The workshop will start with a few minutes of relaxing the body in the space. We will lie on the floor and do some breathing exercises. After that we will do three small exercises in the space: CHOREOGRAPHY This exercise consists of some simple movements that form compositions in a space. These exercises are done with the whole group together. While walking in configurations we will explore the way we feel in the space.

IMPROVISATION This exercise will be about imagining lines in the space. The lines can be drawn from visual points in the space (like windows, structure, corners, curtains, radiators) or imaginable points (the middle of a wall, the centre of the space). Lines can be diagonal, parallel, perpendicular but also circular.

ORIENTATION We will stand in the middle of the space and turn around fast for five times. When we are finished, we will walk to the ‘front’ of the room.

Give attention to the time it takes you to orientate in the room. What was it that made you know what your position in space was?