Date of Award
Spring 6-4-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Architecture (MArch)
Department
Architecture
First Advisor
Amy Kulper
Second Advisor
Malcolm Rio
Abstract
Sacred Pleasures emphasizes human connection and experience. The transcalar use of the erotic and play in spatial design can redefine the current cultural value of production and capital. The proposal addresses three scales of these socioeconomic and spatial conditions: system, architectural, and human scale. The erotic is used as power and resistance. Play is used as a method to achieve agency and to mediate human connection.
The thesis resists from within the context of Puerto Rico, an island product of colonization by two entities, Spain and the United States of America. It addresses the relationship between Puerto Rico and the propagation of the imposed urban condition of plazas de recreo, or public plaza. The ritual is anchored by the material culture of two textile techniques, mundillo lace making and the cyanotype process. The patronage festival subverts the relationship of the colonist origins of plazas de recreo and Catholicism through the power of erotic, play, and procession. Sacred Pleasures displays how colonized bodies reclaim material, space, and autonomy.
Recommended Citation
Dávila, David, "Sacred pleasures : a patronage festival of the erotic and play" (2022). Masters Theses. 865.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/865
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Comments
View exhibition online: David Dávila, Sacred Pleasures