Open AccessThe Hidden Spaces of Everyday Life
Author(s) -
Claus Peder Pedersen,
Esra Akın
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eaae annual conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2736-6200
pISSN - 2736-6197
DOI - 10.51588/eaaeacp.59
Subject(s) - everyday life , sociology , aesthetics , social life , pedagogy , epistemology , social science , art , philosophy
The paper explores the notion of the ‘everyday’ in architectural education through the examination of six educational and research projects from the academic institutions of the authors in respectively Istanbul, Turkey and Aarhus, Denmark. The paper unpacks how the projects engage with topics of the everyday in various ways. A comparative analysis orders the projects according to how specifically they address particular everyday situations and to what extent they aim to transform the spaces and social interactions of the sites they engage. The analysis is contextualised through social and architectural theories of the everyday by among others Henri Lefebvre. The conclusion argues for the importance of continuous re-engagement with the everyday for architectural education.