Towards an Articulated Phenomenological Interpretation of Architecture (Routledge Research in Architecture) - Softcover

Shirazi, M. Reza

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138229253 ISBN 13: 9781138229259

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

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 from the 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1138229253
• ISBN 13: 9781138229259
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216