Espacialidades imaginativas: diálogos entre arquitetura, cenografia, corpo e imaginação a partir de experimentações

Abstract

The theme of this research is a critical reflection, encompassing both theoretical and practical dimensions, regarding alternative ways of thinking and creating spaces, based on intersections between architecture, scenography, the human body, and the realm of imagination. As it is a theoretically-practical work, it is premised on on-site investigation of case studies and the proposal of empirical experiments that extend to professional engagement, artistic production, and pedagogical approaches. The aim of the research is to propose and investigate crossdisciplinary methodological experiences that span the artistic, architectural, and theatrical domains. The research aims to propose and investigate cross-methodological experiences (artistic-architectural-scenic) that contribute to the analysis and transformation of the body/space relationship. This leads us to what we refer to as “imaginative spatialities” – grounded in an openness to the possibilities of use and occupation by the inhabitant. Through case studies and transdisciplinary experimental exercises (in the artistic, architectural, scenic, imaginative, and corporeal fields), certain procedures are identified as alternative ways of thinking, creating, and teaching in the realm of spatial practices (architecture and scenography). Consequently, it is discovered to what extent departures from conventional project procedures can offer pathways to imaginative spatialities that cross and subvert the prescriptive paradigms of domesticated spaces. The hypothesis that underlies this research is that the exercise of imagination, with the body as the protagonist in the process of producing spatialities, can significantly impact the creation of more qualified and qualifying spaces. Therefore, the intention is to comprehend and develop practices guided by imaginative spatiality, which finds its means through transdisciplinarity, and whose core lies in the creation of spaces for the body, with the body, and by the body.