Hjemmets betydning når vi bliver gamle

Mød Jakob D’herde, belgisk arkitekt, der med afsæt i sin PhD og sit virke som improvisation-skuespiller holder oplæg om hjemmets betydning, når vi bliver gamle.

Oplægget foregår på engelsk.

Efter oplægget er der tid til debat og lidt at drikke og spise.

Architects, urban planners and designers often see space as an instrument, a tool to change the world around them. While space may play a structuring role, it can never be determinative. Socio-spatial happenings constitute the meaning, shape and look of the space they occur in; as such, space behaves more like a theatrical stage upon which life unfolds.

In his PhD trajectory, Jakob D’herde has researched how socio-spatial constellations impact older people’s meanings of home and homemaking processes. As a scenographer and improv theatre actor himself, he uses theatrical metaphors to understand and unpack the complex negotiations older people
(and by extension, people in general) undertake to establish a sense of home and belonging. His talk combines findings from his research and artistic practice to expand the understanding of architecture as something related to build space to a continuous socio-spatial negotiation which changes in meaning and shape over time.