Table of contents
1 Introduction 15
1.1 Aim 17
1.2 Objectives 17
1.3 Literature Survey 18
1.3.1 Performance theory based on architecture theory and practices . 18
1.3.2 Concepts of site-specificity 18
1.3.3 Bernard Tschumi’s Architecture and Disjunction 20
1.3.4 Interdisciplinary possibilities between performance and architecture 20
1.4 Selection of Case Studies 22
1.5 Reasoning for selected Case studies 22
1.6 A note on the method 23
2 Concept of Play and measure of physical qualities 25
2.1 ReFresh CEPT University : Introduction 25
2.2 Anne Bogarts View Points and a performer’s use of space 26
2.2.1 Shape and gesture 27
2.2.2 Kinesthetic response 30
2.2.3 Spatial relationships and Topography 32
2.2.4 Architecture 35
2.3 The ‘self’ 41
2.4 The performance 44
2.5 Key findings 55
3 Performance as a measure of human occupation of urban environments . 59
3.1 Introduction 59
3.2 Architectural characteristics of the performance space 62
3.3 The body as a performer’s tool 63
3.3.1 Bodies in space 63
3.3.2 Locating identity at site 65
3.3.3 The performer’s language of movement 67
3.4 Mapping the site’s gestures 68
3.4.1 Behavioural gestures 68
3.5 Mapping the site’s architecture 72
3.6 Key findings 76
4 Performance as a measure of human occupation of urban environments . 79
4.1 Introduction 79
4.2 Physical characteristics of the site 80
4.3 Events of the past 82
4.4 Community interactions 87
4.5 Key Findings 92
5 Conclusion 95
6 Bibliography 99