HABIT: The House And The Garment
Research Thesis / Supervisor: Panayotis Tournikiotis
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The dissertation aims to examine the process of dwelling through the study of body dressing. Throughout the analysis, garments are considered as shells that are inhabited by the human body in an attempt to enrich our understanding of space habitation. Considering both the garment and the house as cultural constructions charged with significations, the analysis follows a cyclic trajectory, based on the assumption that these meanings are “shaped” together with the construction of the shell, to be later on transmitted to various recipients and are finally experienced by the dwellers, redefining habitation and reseeding the construction process. This cyclic course is accurately described in the word HABIT which expresses both the meaning of dress and habitation. It also expresses the idea of practice, a repeated action which is the basis for rethinking and redefining dwelling.