Portfolio task 5

Lefbvre had a theory on the space around is. He communicated this theory through a diagram called the Spatial Triad. This includes 3 parts; the first made up of ideals, imagination, theory and visions which makes Representational Space. The second is Representations of Space which is made up of maps, plans, models and designs. The third and final componant to Lefbvres theory diagram is Practice. Practice is made of daily routine and urban reality.

Example:
Leeds College of Art.
Planners and architects, when designing Leeds college of Art had a vision of constructing a place of learning where students can develop their higher education and then use their newly developed skills to improve and make their mark on the world. The plan was also to produce a more educated and submissive poulation, and to gain money from the students and hopefully creating a profit for the government. Looking at the 'representations of space' in the College of Art, the visions and ideals have been lived up to. The space is producing a profit and students are coming out with a higher education. Conditions of behaviour are already set out in the space before anyone enters. The ideal behaviour is to be submissive to the higherarchy of the college and  to cooporate. The space that was created before students walked in is predominently accepted, however there are always the few that negate the space and rebel against it. They are usually promptly removed to bring the space back to clarity. This is part of the 'practice' part of Lefebvre's 'triad'. The fact that people can chose to rebel puts any social space in jepedy, although the 'representational space' appears to be predominant.