Architecture and Silence (eBook)

Christos P. Kakalis (Autor)

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2019
202 Seiten
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-0-429-79520-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book explores the role of silence in how we design, present and experi-ence architecture. Grounded in phenomenological theory, the book builds on historical, theoretical and practical approaches to examine silence as a methodological tool of architectural research and unravel the experiential qualities of the design process.Distinct from an entirely soundless experience, silence is proposed as a material condition organically incorporated into the built and natural landscape. Kakalis argues that, either human or atmospheric, silence is a condition of waiting for a sound to be born or a new spatio-temporal event to emerge. In silence, therefore, we are attentive and attuned to the atmos-phere of a place. The book unpacks a series of stories of silence in religious topographies, urban landscapes, film and theatre productions and architec-tural education with contributed chapters and interviews with Jeff Malpas and Alberto Perez-Gomez.Aimed at postgraduate students, scholars and researchers in architectural theory, it shows how performative and atmospheric qualities of silence can build a new understanding of architectural experience.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.8.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• ISBN-10: 0-429-79520-3 / 0429795203
• ISBN-13: 978-0-429-79520-6 / 9780429795206