Questions of Perception: Phenomenology of Architecture by Steven Holl, Juhani Pallasmaa, Alberto Perez-Gomez

Questions of Perception: Phenomenology of Architecture



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Questions of Perception: Phenomenology of Architecture Steven Holl, Juhani Pallasmaa, Alberto Perez-Gomez ebook
Publisher: William Stout
Format: pdf
Page: 155
ISBN: 0974621471, 9780974621470


It is merely a shelter to keep us out of the weather, not architecture to be embraced. This paper deals with a phenomenological view on the influence of technologies, which are labeled intelligent and responsive, on our experience of architectural space. The production of space is marked with its own phenomenology. The origin of Based on Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology, Dreyfus underlines that perception and comprehension are based on the human ability to learn flexible patterns of behaviour (1). And theories of spatium, locus, platea and phenomenology. In 1941, architectural historian Sigfried Giedion discussed evolving notions of space in his seminal book Space, Time and Architecture. Notions and constructs of space and place define the environment we live in. Such an analysis will employ phenomenological theories about the production and experience of architectural space. Purpose of writing this article attempts to explore the following questions: What is a philosophy of phenomenology thought? We want to begin by clarifying the terms “space” and “place”. How Phenomenology into contact with the architecture? Drawing attention towards an intelligent envelope holds the question how a user perceives it. These two intertwined concepts raise questions of identity, perception and materiality.