Abstract
The Project is part of ongoing outcomes of doctoral studies at the Dpt. of Arts, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic. Its objective is to investigate this phenomenon through artistic creation mediated to students and to explore the possibilities of using the findings about the creative processes in educational situations with university students.
The Project is based on the current public discussions about how architecture influences our apprehension of public space, and the quality of life connected with it. The Project's points of departure became part of a deeper investigation on how attitudes, values, opinions and their possible changes are structured.
It took place at joint sessions of the teaching artist with the students over the topic of apprehending and experiencing architecture and space. The students were invited to co-creation.
The resulting documentation became part of a folder containing reflexive evaluation and artistic solution variants. Combinations of specific forms of qualitative and art-based research were exploited in the project: A/r/tography.
The interpretation of research findings will hopefully become the basis for enhancing the quality of education in the "mediation of architecture" units as part of the art teacher training programs. The character of our research was inspired by phenomenological approaches.
We chose methodologies related to art and design creation. We arrived at a conclusion that phenomenology of architecture investigated in connection with the semiotic concept of art education brings a lot of inspiration and is relevant topic both for the teaching artist and the students.