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Volume 8, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 2057-0384
  • E-ISSN: 2057-0392

Abstract

This article discusses drawing as a tool for thinking and understanding embodied spatial experience in an educational context within architecture and dance. In both disciplines, body, movement and space are important components of the creative process. Besides, they also share drawing as a tool for thinking and understanding. However, the types of drawings and drawing techniques used in both disciplines are very different. Based on a literature review, this article offers insights into the knowledge and shortcomings produced by discipline-specific drawings regarding body, movement and space, as well as how it impacts the creative process. Starting from the identified shortcomings, experimental setups in educational environments are used to investigate to what extent the sharing of drawing techniques between both disciplines enables new ways of thinking and understanding, allowing for different attitudes and awareness of the concept of embodied spatial experience. Overall, the article contributes to the discussion of drawing as a creative thinking tool in both disciplines involved.

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This study was supported by the:
  • Faculty of Architecture of KU Leuven
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