This Here Now: Japanese Building and the Architecture of the Individual

Buildings can serve as extensions of the human body to affirm what, where, and when we are, helping to meet the fundamental human needs for identity, orientation and presence. Additionally, as "cohabitable bodies," buildings enable us to share the normally subjective experiences of this, here and now. This Here Now is the first book to analyze Japanese architecture from a phenomenological perspective, explaining how buildings can be designed to both celebrate and help us to overcome our separateness as individuals.

About the author

Kevin Nute teaches architecture at the University of Hawai'i, M noa. His other books include Naturally Animated Architecture, Place, Time and Being in Japanese Architecture, and Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan.

Summary

Buildings can serve as extensions of the human body to affirm what, where, and when we are, helping to meet the fundamental human needs for identity, orientation and presence.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Nute, Kevin (Univ Of Hawaii At Manoa Nute
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781786349651
• ISBN: 978-1-78634-965-1
• No. of pages: 148
• Dimensions: 221 mm x 244 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 617 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture