Thinking Architecture: Third, expanded edition

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The different relationship established between the digital drawer and the body has been criticised; Paul Emmons argues that CAD's full scale-or rather scale-less-capabilities omit this bodily presence of the drawer (Emmons, 2005). I aim to explore how architectural education could respond to the development of a perception of what life is, within the spatial and social complexity of architecture. Naturally, we should understand that materials themselves are not poetic, but if the architect creates a meaningful context, they will assume a poetic quality. Yet urban architects have often paid scant attention to the potential cognitive effects of their creations on a city’s inhabitants.

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To begin, it considers the Greek tradition of theōria as practiced around the fifth century BCE in the period just before Plato appropriated the cultural practice of theōria as a model for philosophical inquiry. Re-elaborating Durand’s questions implies reflecting on techniques of using architectural knowledge both in a creative and generative way.At the Conscious Cities conference, Kate Jeffery, a behavioural neuroscientist at University College London who studies navigation in rats and other animals, made the point that to feel connected to a place you need to know how things relate to each other spatially. The connection between reconciliation and judgment means that only reconciliation, and not revenge or forgiveness, can respond to wrongs in a way that fosters the political project of building and preserving a common world.

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In „The Leis Houses”, Peter Zumthor describes the genesis of two wooden houses in the town of Leis in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, thus thematizing the special challenge of integrating contemporary architecture into a traditional architectural context. In fact, the walkway between the blocks to the beach is reminiscent of the walk to the altar of the Basilica of Assisi, as Salk dreamed of. His writings, much like his architecture, instil an emotional quality and infuse an ethereal experience, felt by the depth of his words. As a mindset, we have to engrave in ourselves that architecture is a concrete matter and not abstract, just like we plan a symphony with music notes on a piece of paper. Yet, there are further interpretations to be made and important questions to be asked…This essay cannot answer these questions in full, but it will initiate an interpretation of Plautus’ architectus doli with such questions in mind.In 1975, the Project for Public Spaces, founded by one of Whyte’s colleagues, transformed the way people used the Rockefeller Center in New York City by placing benches alongside the yew trees in its basement concourse (instead of the people-repelling spikes the management had originally wanted). The turn to affect” in political theory is one of the central strands of thought Zerilli herself takes up in Chapter 9 of A Democratic Theory of Judgment. Robert Bevan guides the reader through the architectural landscape in times of and after a conflict, giving words to what we know but don't often say: that the built environment has cultural and personal significance that stretches far beyond shelter.