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Invisible Architecture: Experiencing Places Through the Sense of Smell - Softcover

 
9788876242670: Invisible Architecture: Experiencing Places Through the Sense of Smell
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What does a church smell like? Or a movie theater? How conscious are we of the smells that surround us? The idea that places have an olfactory identity is not recent. Even in ancient architecture the dynamics of scents and their permeation were incorporated into the design. The 20th century, however, witnessed an increasing need to dry out spaces and sterilize the air in the effort to eliminate any olfactory perception in the regulation of indoor air quality. The resinous odor of the timber in Peter Zumthor's Swiss Pavillon at the Hannover Expo; the thinness of the oxygen-poor Blur Bar by Diller+Scofidio; the shape-rendering Wind Tunnel by Renzo Piano for Ferrari at Maranello—these are among the most recent signs that architecture is reclaiming it's invisible olfactory dimension to add a further experience to space. This original book maps out places and scents from around the world, in architecture throughout the ages, accompanied by expert "noses": celebrated architects, avant-garde artists and scientists who research perception.

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Even in ancient architecture the dynamics of scents were incorporated into the design of churches, theaters, and other public and private buildings. By the 20th century an increasing need to dry out spaces and sterilize buildings to regulate air quality nearly drove this olfactory stimulation below the level of perception.There are recent signs that architecture is reclaiming this invisible fifth dimension of space as a legitimate element in the experience of architecture-for example, in Peter Zumthor's Swiss Pavillion at the Hannover Expo that greeted visitors with the resinous odor of timber. This original book maps out "the scents of places" at sites around the world as experienced by expert architectural noses-not only professional architects, but avant-garde artists and scientists who research perception-just so the next visit to the library, a church, or even the movie theater will offer a richer human experience.
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Anna Barbara is an architect and professor at Polytechnic of Milan. Anthony Perliss is a graphic designer for a French perfume manufacturer.

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  • PublisherSkira
  • Publication date2006
  • ISBN 10 8876242678
  • ISBN 13 9788876242670
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages264
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