Chris L Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3634897 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris L Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris L |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Faculty of Architecture, , Design and Planning University of Sydney , 148 City Road, NSW 2006, Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0852-9374 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The home within care
This study explores the integration of home-like design elements in paediatric/adolescent palliative care inpatient units, drawing on perspectives from both medical and architectural professionals. Recognising the unique developmental and psychosocial needs of young patients, this research explores how the spatial and emotional qualities associated with 'home' are interpreted and operationalised in palliative care environments. A multimethod appr…
Skateboarding with Roland Barthes
This paper explores the notion of myth as a specific form of evidence and evidentiality of architecture. This exploration is conducted with specific regard to two key texts: the first, a philosophical text, and the second a text of architectural theory. As such, Barthes’s text: Mythologies firstly published in 1957 and Borden’s text: Skateboarding, Space and the City: Architecture and the Body published in 2001 are explored. This paper suggests t…
Text, Textiles and Technê ”
As a form of cloth and clothing, the T-shirt “speaks” at once about the “seen” surface of materiality, of imagery and of embodiment; and about the “unseen” depth of cultural disposition, of socio-politics and of commodification. The T-shirt in this respect is considered a text, a Technê of productive knowledge, and read as the textility of both thought and matter. This article discusses the “mythical” reading of the T-shirt with specific referenc…
Skateboarding with Roland Barthes
This paper explores the notion of myth as a specific form of evidence and evidentiality of architecture. This exploration is conducted with specific regard to two key texts: the first, a philosophical text, and the second a text of architectural theory. As such, Barthes’s text: Mythologies firstly published in 1957 and Borden’s text: Skateboarding, Space and the City: Architecture and the Body published in 2001 are explored. This paper suggests t…
Text and deployment of the masochist
The term “deployment” was first used in respect to discourses of desire by Michel Foucault in The History of Sexuality: Volume 1 (1978). He defines deployment in terms of the habitual discursive en
The Problem of Writing Architecture
Andrew Benjamin (2001), Architectural Philosophy London: Athlone Press. Elizabeth Grosz (2001), Architecture from the Outside: Essays on Virtual and Real Space Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. In the mid
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The Problem of Writing Architecture
Andrew Benjamin (2001), Architectural Philosophy London: Athlone Press. Elizabeth Grosz (2001), Architecture from the Outside: Essays on Virtual and Real Space Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. In the mid
Text and deployment of the masochist
The term “deployment” was first used in respect to discourses of desire by Michel Foucault in The History of Sexuality: Volume 1 (1978). He defines deployment in terms of the habitual discursive en
Skateboarding with Roland Barthes
This paper explores the notion of myth as a specific form of evidence and evidentiality of architecture. This exploration is conducted with specific regard to two key texts: the first, a philosophical text, and the second a text of architectural theory. As such, Barthes’s text: Mythologies firstly published in 1957 and Borden’s text: Skateboarding, Space and the City: Architecture and the Body published in 2001 are explored. This paper suggests t…
Skateboarding with Roland Barthes
This paper explores the notion of myth as a specific form of evidence and evidentiality of architecture. This exploration is conducted with specific regard to two key texts: the first, a philosophical text, and the second a text of architectural theory. As such, Barthes’s text: Mythologies firstly published in 1957 and Borden’s text: Skateboarding, Space and the City: Architecture and the Body published in 2001 are explored. This paper suggests t…
Text, Textiles and Technê ”
As a form of cloth and clothing, the T-shirt “speaks” at once about the “seen” surface of materiality, of imagery and of embodiment; and about the “unseen” depth of cultural disposition, of socio-politics and of commodification. The T-shirt in this respect is considered a text, a Technê of productive knowledge, and read as the textility of both thought and matter. This article discusses the “mythical” reading of the T-shirt with specific referenc…
The home within care
This study explores the integration of home-like design elements in paediatric/adolescent palliative care inpatient units, drawing on perspectives from both medical and architectural professionals. Recognising the unique developmental and psychosocial needs of young patients, this research explores how the spatial and emotional qualities associated with 'home' are interpreted and operationalised in palliative care environments. A multimethod appr…
Aesthetics (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Mythology (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (2 works) · Architecture (2 works)