Games as potential space-frames

Suau, Cristian 2009. Games as potential space-frames. Presented at: Communicating (by) design, Sint-Lucas, Brussels, 15th - 17 April 2009. Proceedings of Communicating (by) Design: International Conference on Research and Practice in Architecture and Design, Brussels, Belgium, 15-17 April 2009. Brussels: Sint-Lucas School of Architecture & Chalmers University of Technology, pp. 205-213.

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Abstract

PLAYABILITY Spatial experimentations require ludic strategies. Games provide new situations to subvert rules and turn conventions upside down, and the unpredictable convergences between concrete and intangible, even virtual and volatile, spaces. This work is an attempt to understand the potential and latent playability of any type of spatial configuration to create and fabricate new interfaces and frameworks. What games should we play instead? In doing so we need to transform the classical sense of workshop into a game-lab, a space of non-stopping brainstorming. These reflections follow an analysis of filmic tricks by Buster Keaton and its applicability in new design process. The power of playing with less reveals a new sense in design by using three design factors: Compactness; Lightness and Speed. Finally this theoretical body is reinforced by a sequential analysis of workshop experiences and experimental research led and carried out by myself in different Schools of Architecture from 2006 onwards.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Architecture
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races N Fine Arts > NA Architecture N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Spatial Experimentation, Playability, Potential Architecture, Ludic Reuse of Junk
Publisher:	Sint-Lucas School of Architecture & Chalmers University of Technology
ISBN:	9789081323802
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 22:24
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/15021

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