Research Colloquia with Marta Guardado

On Wednesday, January 4th, between 11:00 and 12:30, the third and last Research Colloquium of the Fall Semester 2022/23 will take place.

Our Guest, Marta Fernandez Guardado from HafenCity University in Hamburg, will present her recent research project. The title of the presentation is "Home, Things & Bodies".

Following the presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions and discuss.

The Research Colloquium will take place on campus at Salzufer 6, 10587 Berlin in Studio 3.

Students across all disciplines are invited to participate in an interdisciplinary exchange. Be inspired and get to know new perspectives!

About the talk

We live among, together, within, and through things. Departing from this idea, from a phenomenological perspective (which conceives the relationship of the body we inhabit with other bodies and things as defining the experience of home) and following new material approaches (based on the relationships between more than humans and their agencies), I explore the liminal state of objects between the space of the body and the space of the room in order to formulate a thing-based conceptual and methodological tool for transforming personal space in existing dwelling –in a time when there are fewer and fewer reasons to build, and more to make better use and enjoyment of what we already have.

About Marta Fernandez Guardado

Marta Fernandez Guardado is a Spanish architectural designer, researcher, and educator based in Berlin. She has years of experience as a project architect and is currently a teacher and researcher at TU Berlin. At this time, Guardado is a doctoral candidate at HafenCity University, and "Home, Things & Bodies" represents her doctoral research.