Had a group tutorial yesterday- turned out we were slightly barking up the wrong tree with our response to the brief. Became preoccupied with the historicity of the site. Rather than taking on board our phenomenal experience of the site- how we felt when experiencing the spaces, perhaps what these feelings meant to us, where they come from, we were sidetracked by the specific dates of past events. As a group we ended up investigating a series of specific moments in the cathedrals history to draw information from.
The problem with architects studying the history of a site (especially from a guide book) is its lack of emotional depth and descriptions of what the place was actually like to experience. As such our most effective tool for investigating the nature a of site is our ability to articulate clearly the reasons behind why a place makes us feel the way it does, now. Its highly likely that upon investigation into these feelings, we will find that the historical processes which transform a place are one of many reasons behind a places nature.
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