‘Brasilia Is Blood on a Tennis Court’

Literature can serve as a powerful tool for architectural criticism, offering deeper insights into the built environment's sensory and affective dimensions. This study introduces Julia Kristeva's 'semiotic' framework to challenge traditional phenomenological approaches, using Clarice Lispector's experimental writing on Brasília as a case study. By focusing on metaphor, it demonstrates how literary language can disrupt fixed interpretations, bridging gaps between perception, affection, and architectural experience. The research highlights the potential of literature to critically rethink the relationship between the body and architectural structures, providing an innovative lens for spatial analysis.

Pint, K. (2020). ‘Brasilia Is Blood on a Tennis Court.’ Writingplace, No. 4 (2020): Choices and Strategies of Spatial Imagination. https://doi.org/10.7480/WRITINGPLACE.4.5279