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Spacious research bridges the gap between academic and artistic research in architecture. 

Spacious advances interdependent, embodied-enactive perspectives in architectural theory and practice in affiliation with academic institutes.

Our approach to research is distinguished by the creation of spatial installations, such as mock-ups and re-enactments, through which we conduct sensorial and participatory fieldwork. These testing grounds allow us to study the spatial experience artistically and scientifically, intersecting the field of architecture with insights and methods from cognitive and contemplative sciences as well as from other visual and performative arts.

Our creative approach to scholarship generates peer-reviewed publications as well as non-traditional research outputs such as performances, visual essays and exhibitions.

SPACIOUS RESEARCH

Spacious programs challenge the role of the architect and architecture.

TESTING GROUNDS

Testing grounds add a first-person ecology to the scientific third-person perspective still prevailing in academia.

ARCHITECTURES OF THE IN-BETWEEN

2017-2021

Architectures of the In-between is a research project dedicated to the Japanese spatial and performative practice of 間 [Ma]. The research is conducted in affiliation with the Radical Materialities research group at KU Leuven and the Ecologies of Architecture research group at TU Delft.

more about Architectures of the In-Between
ARCHITECTING LIFE

2024 - current

Architecting Life is a new research project into the capacity of architecture to heighten environmental awareness. The project started in affiliation with the Teaching Tools research group at University of the Arts The Hague (NL) and has continued in affiliation with ArtEZ University of the Arts (NL).

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TRANSFORMATIVE SPATIAL PEDAGOGIES

2020 - current

Transformative Spatial Pedagogies is an ongoing research project focusing on in-situ spatial pedagogy as an agent of transformation. The project started in 2020 in affiliation with the Teaching Tools research group at University of the Arts The Hague (NL) and has continued in affiliation with ArtEZ University of the Arts (NL).

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LONG-TERM RESEARCH PROJECTS

FEATURED MEDIA

PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES AND NON-TRADTIONAL RESEARCH OUTPUT (NTRO'S)

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Biotopological Craftsmanship in the Here and Now

Book chapter in T. Kadobayashi & N. Mimura (Ed.), Art and Philosophy in the 22nd Century After Arakawa and Gins. Tokyo, Japan: Ratik. 2023.

Zigzagging Pathways and Somersaulting Horizons as Agents of Transformation

Lecture at Graduate School of Architecture, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. 2023.

Un/Balancing Procedurals

Lecture at Master Performing Arts in Public Space, Fontys, Tilburg Netherlands. 2023.

Working With/In the Gap

Contribution to group exhibition at AGxKANSAI Exhibition 2022, Kyoto University of the Arts, Japan. 2022. 

Working With/In the Gap

Interview for podcast AI Murmurings, 12(2). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Slow Research Lab/ Podbean. 2022. 

Working With/In the Gap: Japan-ness in Architecture of Experience

Doctoral dissertation, KU Leuven, Faculty of Architecture, Brussels/Ghent, Belgium. 2021.

Forming Social and Ecological Transformation

Lecture at Corpo-real Master interior Architecture, ArtEZ, Zwolle, Netherlands. 2022.

A Planet of Bodies: Human and Other Physiques at the Intersection of Nature and Design

Panel participation at BK-Talks, TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture, Delft, Netherlands. 2022.

Biotopological Craftsmanship in the Here and Now

Invited lecture AGxKANSAI Conference 2022: Art and Philosophy in the 22nd Century After Arakawa and Gins, Kyoto University of the Arts, Japan. 2022.

Reversing Destiny: Initial findings on Japan-ness in Arakawa and Gins

Book chapter in A. Radman & S. Kousoulas (Eds.), Architectures of Life and Death: The Eco-Aestetics of the Built Environment (153-163). Lanham, England: Rowman and Littlefield International. 2021.

Grasping 間 [ma]

Essay in A. Radman & S. Kousoulas (Eds.), Architectures of Life and Death: The Eco-Aestetics of the Built Environment (153-163). Lanham, England: Rowman and Littlefield International. 2021.

Time Near Windows is Time Well Spent: Practicing Full Emptiness in Architecture

Book chapter in C.F. Strauss (Ed.), Slow Spatial Reader: Chronicles of Radical Affection (102-111). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Valiz.2021

You are visiting a new website. In the coming year we will slowly add more projects, research, and programs to our online portfolio. If you cannot wait to know more about our activities, feel free to contact us directly. 

NON-TRADITIONAL RESEARCH OUTCOMES

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