Poetics in Architecture (Architectural Design) - Softcover

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9780470843246: Poetics in Architecture (Architectural Design)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0470843241 ISBN 13: 9780470843246
Publisher: Academy Editions Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Can architecture directly engage with the inner experience of people? Does it have universal or spiritual content?

Poetics in Architecture attempts to address these questions by looking at the essence of meaning of architecture and considering the human response to buildings. Schaik's concern is that by focusing on technical refinements and new procedural models architects are in danger of alienating the collective human connections we make with buildings.

This title brings together the views of a fascinating and diverse group of architects and theoreticians from all over the world including Bolles-Wilson, Boyarsky Wilson, Winka Dubbledam, Sean Godsell, Mark Goulthorpe of dECOI and Tom Kovac.

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Can architecture directly engage with the inner experience of people? Does it have a universal or spiritual content? When Bachelard wrote the Poetics of Space, he showed how poetry connected the observations of the poet, informed by the full tradition of poetry, with the deeply held experience of the reader.

Today the desire and need for human connection has become pressing, as very little architecture seeks to transcend the polarity of specialist knowledge and the continuum of human knowledge. Whereas the now main-stream high-tech architects seek technical refinement, the younger avant-garde look to procedural models with an emphasis on diagramming and mapping.

By focusing on a theme that concentrates on the essence of meaning of architecture rather than its surface appearance, this title of Architectural Design brings to gether a fascinating and diverse group of architects and theoreticians from all over the world.

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Publisher
Academy Editions Ltd
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0470843241
ISBN 13 
9780470843246
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
128
Editor
Van Schaik Leon
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