This one-day participatory workshop invites attendees to explore John Walter’s

project Möbius Hospice as part of Rame Projects’ programme ‘I hadn’t finished

talking to you yet.’ Taking Arakawa and Gins’ concept of the Architectural Body as a

starting point participants will consider how buildings choreograph human

movement, store memory, and shape our sensory experiences, how disrupting

conventional architectural norms can activate neuroplasticity, foster physical

engagement, and extend the quality of life.

AM: The day starts in Cawsand Bay with a provocation about the habit- forming nature of our relationship to the built environment is contentious.Then we start the climb to Maker Heights.

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PM: Working from Hundertwasser’s idea of the spiral we build on the morning

session to draw our own hospice proposals.

“My spiral grows and dies like a plant – the lines of the spiral, like a meandering river,

follow the laws of growth of a plant. I let it take its own course and go along with it. In

this way I make no mistakes.” Hundertwasser

Outcomes:

*Being introduced to a range of new ideas from thinkers in art, spatial design

and end-of-life care including Arakawa and Gins, Hundertwasser, Hofstadter,

Ostaseski, and Walter

*Thinking differently about death and dying

*We will physically and mentally work through our own ideas of architecture

and the body specifically in relation to death and hospice type environments

*Thinking about the role of architecture in living and dying

*The acquisition of embodied knowledge and heightened spatial awareness

*Learning new design tools

A list for participants:

*Thinking about your experiences of and/or relationships to death and dying

and the spaces of end-of-life care

*Meet at Cawsand Beach 09:30 sharp

*A packed lunch

*Wear sturdy walking boots for a steep climb

*Bring a sketchbook and pencils

Architectural Body workshop with John Walter