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Space and Place

Imagined Space and Represented Space, Mapping
key words: cognition, legibility, individual vs. social space, digital image

by: Meltem Sentürk and Zhasmina Kovachevacontent

 introduction and theories  representation modes and cognition maps  case studies

introduction - theories

 Kevin Lynch’s investigation of individual orientation the ‘cognitive space’ Henri Lefebvre’s integrative ‘social space’  imagination and representation of space

introduction - theories

 Kevin Lynch’s investigation of individual orientation the ‘cognitive space’ Henri Lefebvre’s integrative ‘social space’  imagination and representation of space

introduction - theories
The cognitive image, becomes the prerequisite for the development of any higheremotions. Lynch develops a relational or soft concepts of a space seen in unity with its users and establishes the individual body. Perception and cognition are key players within space. BODY as anavigational apparatus

IMAGE develops in the mind of the individual partly as s result of what is presently visible (perception) and partly as a result of the memory of past experiences.

introduction- theories

 Kevin Lynch’s investigation of individual orientation the ‘cognitive space’  Henri Lefebvre’s integrative ‘social space’  imagination and representation of space

introduction -theories

Lefebvre’s theory; integration of all major traditional and alternative models into one concept his space is a space created by human groups in specific places his space is a space wherethe physical reproduces itself social space is real space social space is also related to the experience and representation to its smallest units, individual bodies.

introduction - theoriesintroduction - theories

 Kevin Lynch’s investigation of individual orientation the ‘cognitive space’  Henri Lefebvre’ integrative ‘social space’  imagination and representation of space...