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ARCH 502A: LARGE MODELS AND DRAWINGS

Instructor: Jimenez Lai

THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF SPACE

Architecture is choreography. In this project, eight dance environments are assigned to street dance styles and designed to alternate over time. These spaces introduce elements that disrupt norms: angled or curved mirrors, sensory variations, and thematically driven spaces that direct orientations and spotlight moments of expression. As a work of total spatial arrangement, the project weaves together dance, preparation, paperwork, janitorial work, and audience experience into a dynamic sequence. Within the building, four distinct constituents—dancer, viewer, worker, and performer—are intertwined through their interactions with space. Together, they reflect the project’s central question: how can architecture not only host but shape the act of dancing?