Touching Architecture - Affective Atmospheres and Embodied Encounters

This book is about perception, emotion, and affect in architecture: how and why we feel the way that we do, and the ways in which our surroundings ¿and bodies contribute to this.

List of contents

Introduction: Touching Architecture 1. Towards a More-than Visual Architecture 2. Embodied Encounters 3. Haptic Visuality and (Syn)Aesthetic Perception 4. Affective Architecture 5. A Matter of Making Atmospheres (case studies) Epilogue: Scenography, Architecture and Affect

About the author

Anthony Richard Brand is a Lecturer in ​architecture history and theory at The School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Summary

This book is about perception, emotion, and affect in architecture: how and why we feel the way that we do, and the ways in which our surroundings ?and bodies contribute to this.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Brand, Brand Anthony
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032048994
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3204899-4
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Architectural structure & design, Professional interior design, Philosophy, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, ARCHITECTURE / Study & Teaching, The environment, History of Architecture, Architecture: interior design, Theory of architecture, Architectural structure and design