Holes in architecture: A queer eye on a design method

Drożyński, Charles

Abstract

This article analyzes the formation of a conceptual persona in a narrative which some architects use in the design process. It focuses on a description of such a persona borrowed from Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s What is Philosophy? It presents the work of three architects who explore how this persona can express a corporeal, public and emotional presence; elaborating on relations which extend beyond the design task and engage with their cultural context. The task all three were given is to design a glory hole that links divided lovers. The actuality of this configuration asks the inhabitants to imagine the presence of the other much like the architects would in the design process. The research is novel allowing architects to truly indulge in exploring the presence of sexual desire and longing in public space.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 1, 2021
• Online Publication Date: May 11, 2022
• Publication Date: Apr 3, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jul 11, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 12, 2022
• Journal: Architecture and Culture
• Print ISSN: 2050-7828
• Electronic ISSN: 2050-7836
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 285-303
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2022.2062658
• Keywords: Urban Studies, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Architecture, Cultural Studies; design drawing methodology; Modulor; queer architecture; sexual desire; public space; Gilles Deleuze; conceptual persona; Modulor
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9668162