The Choreography of NOW
I am interested in architecture that provides opportunities to slow down and reconnect with our surroundings. Through my work, I explore how space can encourage wellbeing, presence, and more meaningful experiences of the city.
“The Choreography of NOW” explores architecture as a choreographed journey of “lived time” - a sense of presence, bodily awareness and sensory experience, within the accelerated condition of a contemporary city. Located near Piccadilly Station, the project responds to environments increasingly dominated by clock time, productivity and overstimulation.
Using dance and touch as its primary experiential media, the proposal aims to reconnect users with the present moment through movement, tactility and embodied interaction with the space, challenging the vision-dominated nature of contemporary architecture.
The proposal introduces a transformation route composed of five consecutive spatial moments, the Tunnel, the Arrival Hall, the Stage, the Self-Movement Room and the Memory Room. Together, these spaces encourage users to slow down, become more present and consciously engage with their bodies, surroundings and perception of time through movement. The culmination occurs on the Stage, where visitors are invited to participate in the performance.
In a later phase, the route ends in a contemporary Dance Hall inspired by Manchester’s historical dance halls as spaces of collective movement and civic activity.
The project combines CLT, rammed earth and Ferrock to create a hybrid structural and material strategy that balances sustainability, innovation and tactile experience.
