Between lines and sensations: drawing the city from the senses

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https://doi.org/10.5965/244712671132025128

Keywords:

Urban Perception, In-loco Design, Sensory Architecture, Body and Affections, Sensitive Design

Abstract

This article investigates how urban perception can be enriched by sketches made on site, expanding the sensory experience beyond vision and including senses such as smell, touch and hearing. It explores how the human body perceives the urban environment and how affections influence the drawing process. The objective is to analyze how these sensory stimuli impact the creation of sketches by Architecture and Urban Planning students with the following question: How does sensory perception influence designers’ sketches of the city? The research adopts a qualitative methodology, collecting testimonies and sketches from students in observation and drawing activities on site and makes a psychogeographic analysis of the data. The theoretical foundation is based on authors such as Spinoza, who discusses the influence of affections on bodies, Baudelaire, with his concept of flâneur as urban observer, and Juhani Pallasmaa, who emphasizes the importance of the senses in architectural perception, to understand the interactions between body, city and the practice of location drawing.

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Marcio Lima, Instituto Federal de Sergipe

PhD in Visual Arts from the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo - USP, in the research line Theory, Teaching and Learning of Art (2020). Master in Visual Arts from the School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Bahia - UFBA, in the research line History of Art. Postgraduate in Higher Education Teaching from ABEC (2009), and graduated in Drawing and Plastic from UFBA (2003). Tenured EBTT Professor of Drawing, Perspective and Plastic in the Coordination of Architecture and Urbanism of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Sergipe - IFS, Lagarto campus. He is a postdoctoral intern in the Postgraduate Program in Drawing, Culture and Interactivity, at UEFS (2025) - CAPES scholarship holder. He is the leader of the LUPAA Research Group - Research Laboratory in Urbanism, Heritage, Architecture and Arts, at IFS and a member of GMEPAE - Multidisciplinary Group for Study and Research in Art and Education, at ECA USP.

Claudia de Medeiros Lima, Federal Institute of Bahia

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), na linha Educação, conhecimento e cultura. Mestra em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), na linha Formação de Educadores, Saberes e Competências. Especialista em Psicopedagogia Clínica e Institucional pela Universidade Católica do Salvador(UCSAL). Graduada em Pedagogia pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA). Atualmente é professora efetiva do Instituto Federal da Bahia (IFBA), atuando nas áreas: Ensino e aprendizagem e Fundamentos da Educação.

Cássia Bomfim Moura, Instituto Federal de Sergipe

Graduanda do Curso de Arquitetura e Urbanismo do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Sergipe - Campus Lagarto. Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa LUPAA - Laboratório de Pesquisa em Urbanismo, Patrimônio, Arquitetura e Arte. Bolsista FAPITEC-SE.

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2025-12-28

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LIMA, Marcio; LIMA, Claudia de Medeiros; MOURA, Cássia Bomfim. Between lines and sensations: drawing the city from the senses. Revista Apotheke, Florianópolis, v. 11, n. 3, p. 128–145, 2025. DOI: 10.5965/244712671132025128. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.udesc.br/index.php/apotheke/article/view/27458. Acesso em: 10 jan. 2026.

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Vol. 11 No. 3 (2025): Artist's Atelier

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Demanda contínua

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