Towards an Articulated Phenomenological Interpretation of Architecture - Phenomenal Phenomenology

"This book sheds light on the contemporary status of phenomenological discourse in architecture and investigates its current scholastic as well as practical position. Starting with a concise introduction to the philosophical grounds of phenomenology fromthe points of view of Husserl, Merleau-Ponty and Heidegger, it presents a critical reading of the works of some leading figures of architectural phenomenology in both theory and practice, such as Christian Norberg-Schultz, Kenneth Frampton, Juhani Pallasmaa, and Steven Holl.Highlighting the main challenges of the current phenomenological discourse in architecture, this book formulates a more articulated method of 'phenomenological interpretation' - dubbed 'phenomenal phenomenology' - as a new and innovative method of interpreting the built environment. Finally, using Tadao Ando's Langen Foundation Museum as a case study, it investigates the architect's contribution to phenomenological discourse, interprets and analyzes the Museum building using the new heuristic method, and thus provides a clear example of its applicability.By introducing a clear, articulated, and practical method of interpretation, this book is of interest to academics and students analyzing and studying architecture and the built environment at various scales. "--

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• Authors: Muohammad Riozaa Shairaazai, M Reza Shirazi, M. Reza Shirazi, M. Reza (Alexander Von Humboldt Fellow Shirazi, Shirazi M. Reza
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.07.2013
• EAN: 9780415637954
• ISBN: 978-0-415-63795-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Routledge Research in Architecture; Routledge Research in Architec; Routledge Research in Architecture; Routledge Research in Architec
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Landscape art & architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, Urban & municipal planning, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Landscape architecture and design, Theory of architecture