White Elephant

Investigating Transgressive Practices of the Excluded

Master thesis (2019)

Authors

C.E. Çakir Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

A. Altes Arlandis Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
J.A. Mejia Hernandez Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
P.H.M. Jennen Design of Constrution - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 2)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2019 Ege Çakir
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Published Date

08-07-2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The project "White Elephant" investigates the relationship between individual and the public space by looking at the practices of the "Homo-Sacers" who are excluded from the public sphere, yet occupying the public space. By analyzing how they inhabit and appropriate the space for their needs, the research brings up important questions about how we experience the space and objects. The design continues the position of the research and deals with the center point of the public space of Bogota; Plaza de Bolivar. As it brings all the excluded spaces, practices and individuals to the center of the city, it starts a provocative debate on who owns the public space and who has right to control what is happening in the space. This provocative discussion leads to question the position of the architect, the architectural discourse and bias towards certain practices in architectural education.