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SPACE WARS

Neiva Abreu Barbosa, José Carlos LU (2021) AAHM10 20201
Department of Architecture and Built Environment
Abstract
The term Space Wars was coined by sociologist and philosopher Zygmunt Bauman to describe the way in which space is fabricated, has turned into a power play. The fabricators are those who are in positions of power and wishing to homogenise cities to fit a specific narrative. This does not offer much room for space to be interpreted, used, and developed in any different way. However, this war has a resistance army: transgressors.

Transgression has as its core the exceeding of due bounds or limits. It should be noted that transgression is an act of disobedience; therefore, the purpose of this thesis is not to glorify any sort of transgression. However, the term can provide us with a valuable source in which to investigate architecture and... (More)
The term Space Wars was coined by sociologist and philosopher Zygmunt Bauman to describe the way in which space is fabricated, has turned into a power play. The fabricators are those who are in positions of power and wishing to homogenise cities to fit a specific narrative. This does not offer much room for space to be interpreted, used, and developed in any different way. However, this war has a resistance army: transgressors.

Transgression has as its core the exceeding of due bounds or limits. It should be noted that transgression is an act of disobedience; therefore, the purpose of this thesis is not to glorify any sort of transgression. However, the term can provide us with a valuable source in which to investigate architecture and challenge its accepted norms and practices.
For my case study I chose to select a site which has been using architectural and spatial transgression in their own Space War. What we see in Freetown Christiania, is how space has been used and most importantly, misused space to construct their own narrative. Throughout its history, Christiania has been “fighting against normalisation and for their version of the right to the city”.

I show what happens when this type of transgression stretches the possibilities of what architecture can be. Using the theory and the case study as the basis, I explain tools of transgressive architecture which I found to be important. (Less)
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author
Neiva Abreu Barbosa, José Carlos LU
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alternative title
Transgressive Architecture - Analysing transgression as a tool for critique, resistance and ultimately design
course
AAHM10 20201
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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language
English
id
9065270
date added to LUP
2021-09-24 14:14:05
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2021-09-24 14:14:05
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  abstract     = {{The term Space Wars was coined by sociologist and philosopher Zygmunt Bauman to describe the way in which space is fabricated, has turned into a power play. The fabricators are those who are in positions of power and wishing to homogenise cities to fit a specific narrative. This does not offer much room for space to be interpreted, used, and developed in any different way. However, this war has a resistance army: transgressors.

Transgression has as its core the exceeding of due bounds or limits. It should be noted that transgression is an act of disobedience; therefore, the purpose of this thesis is not to glorify any sort of transgression. However, the term can provide us with a valuable source in which to investigate architecture and challenge its accepted norms and practices.
For my case study I chose to select a site which has been using architectural and spatial transgression in their own Space War. What we see in Freetown Christiania, is how space has been used and most importantly, misused space to construct their own narrative. Throughout its history, Christiania has been “fighting against normalisation and for their version of the right to the city”.

I show what happens when this type of transgression stretches the possibilities of what architecture can be. Using the theory and the case study as the basis, I explain tools of transgressive architecture which I found to be important.}},
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