Affective drawing: enquiring into place and a place

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Disney, R. 2025. Affective drawing: enquiring into place and a place. Drawing On: Journal of Architectural Research by Design. 04. https://doi.org/10.2218/b6bc2d27
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TitleAffective drawing: enquiring into place and a place
AuthorsDisney, R.
Abstract

When you sit in a room and read a book you are not looking at your environment, you perceive it, hear it, feel it; you sense its atmosphere and presence. Inadvertently you register the space that surrounds you. The representation of this intangible or unquantifiable quality is the aim and action of drawing: to engender a series of precarious encounters with things hidden, at the edge of perception.
The works and workings presented here are concerned with exploring the sense of inbetweeness which exists, unspoken or unseen between building and occupant.

Keywordsaffective; atmosphere; intuition; unknowing; drawing; tacit; film
Sustainable Development Goals15 Life on land
Middlesex University ThemeCreativity, Culture & Enterprise
PublisherUniversity of Edinburgh
JournalDrawing On: Journal of Architectural Research by Design
ISSN2059-9978
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Online10 Nov 2025
Print10 Nov 2025
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Accepted22 May 2025
Deposited29 Jan 2026
Output statusPublished
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Web address (URL)https://drawingon.org/Issue-04-01-Affective-Drawing
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.2218/b6bc2d27
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Is part ofhttps://drawingon.org/Issue-04-Re-appropriation-and-Representation
LanguageEnglish
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