Embodying Alterity

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Embodying Alterity is written by Alessandro Ayuso and published by University of Westminster, Department of Architecture. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0995589372 (ISBN 10) and 9780995589377 (ISBN 13).

Who are architecture's subjects? This book presents the research of M Arch design studio DS25, where embodying alterity as part of design process is a way of taking account of architecture's potential subjects amidst constellations of otherness. The book reveals a research trajectory that starts with the premise that the body can be a generative agent for architecture. Body agents, as alter-ego narrators integrated into design projects, bring up new possibilities for design methodology and architecture's capacities. The chapters move through diverse approaches incorporating sci-fi, experimental drawing, performance, and storytelling, from considering architecture that addresses cyborgs to non-human actants existing in hybrid and multifaceted ecologies. This story is told through writings by studio tutors, featured student projects, expert essays from studio contributors, and visual vignettes incorporating a multiplicity of voices.