Theatres of Architectural Imagination

'Readers in architecture, theater, anthropology, philosophy, and other fields will discover here not only the interdependencies of these disciplines, but their roles in the configurations of imaginings that endow human life with its most eloquent communications. Face-to-face, hand-to-hand, at rest or while moving, dramatic actions performed spontaneously or seasonally, in houses or on streets, are shown to situate and orient us in the world, as we alternately succeed and struggle with interpersonal and environmental justice.' David Leatherbarrow, Emeritus Professor, University of Pennsylvania, USA

'This collection establishes embodied architecture as an essential theatrical, imaginative and compassionate practice. The sacred, the magical and the political appear with surprising architectural relevance and dramatic force. The scholarship is impeccable; the stories engaging and inspiring.' Marcía Feuerstein, Associate Professor at Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture, Washington Alexandria Architecture Center, USA and co-editor of Architecture as a Performing Art, among other publications

'From the performativity of public spaces to theaters of the world reinterpreted as eco-ethical dramas, this highly original book puts into play new notions of memory theater for contemporary architectural discourse. Critical examples from antiquity to post-colonial contexts provide timely reflections that will enliven readers’ architectural imagination.' Federica Goffi, Professor of Architecture, Carleton University, Canada and editor of Marco Frascari’s Dream House: A Theory of Imagination, among other publications