Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ECAH 2024, London, İngiltere, 10 - 14 Temmuz 2024, ss.223-235
The study displays a performative, post-qualitative inquiry on and around the architect/director Tszwai So's short film E-Motion-AI City, 2021, artistically questioning the technology-driven lives of individuals in metropolitan cities. Following past discourses, the paper brings emotionalism up again as an architectural, artistic, and urban movement. Three sources were analyzed qualitatively: (i) The film itself as a representative/symbolic source, (ii) H. Wright's lecture as the theoretical/historical framework crystalizes the basics of the emotional discourse, and (iii) The interview with the architect/director Tszwai So, as the main discussion that relates the film with the discourse. The findings highlight the negative impact of technology on emotional health and wellbeing, emphasizing the exclusion of emotions from people's lives. Key insights include:
• Integrating emotions and memories into urban life enhances individuals' resilience and attachment to their environments, thereby improving emotional health and wellbeing.
• Art and architecture are pivotal in addressing and incorporating emotions within urban planning and life.
• The practice of flânerie (strolling or walking in the city) is a powerful method for evoking and constructing emotions and should be reintegrated into urban and architectural design.
The study advocates for Emotionalism as a movement that prioritizes individuals' senses, feelings, memories, and identities in contemporary urban planning and architecture.