Artikelen

Affective Architecture: Encountering Care in Built Environments

Auteurs

  • Linda Kopitz Kopitz Universiteit van Amsterdam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21827/krisis.42.1.37891

Trefwoorden:

Architecture, Affective Architecture, Care, Built Environments, Affect, Imagination

Samenvatting

Between sprawling urban spheres and a return to the rural, between technological advancements and historical preservation, built environments become a productive sphere to explore imaginations of a shared future on a changing planet. At the same time, contemporary architectural writing appears to increasingly extend further than considering environmental care – particularly in relation to spaces and places frequently criticized for their ‘uncaring’ neoliberal politics. This article will argue that architecture is increasingly infused and saturated with affective connotations of care. Approaching global examples critically allows for a further exploration of the interdependency between spaces, places and communities that care. In this understanding, care becomes, quite literally, structural.

Biografie auteur

Linda Kopitz Kopitz, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Linda Kopitz (MA) has studied at the University of Leipzig, Germany, and the University of Miami, USA, and holds a Research Master in Media Studies from the University of Amsterdam. Connecting her professional experience as a Creative Director with her research, she is currently working as a Lecturer in Cross-Media Culture at the University of Amsterdam, where her main research interests are architectural media, gender and the intersection between technology and imaginations of the everyday.

Gepubliceerd

2022-12-08

Citeerhulp

Kopitz, Linda Kopitz. 2022. “Affective Architecture: Encountering Care in Built Environments”. Krisis | Tijdschrift Voor Hedendaagse Filosofie 42 (1):29-42. https://doi.org/10.21827/krisis.42.1.37891.