There is fast-growing awareness of the role atmospheres play in architecture. Of equal interest to contemporary architectural practice as it is to aesthetic theory, this 'atmospheric turn' owes much to the work of the German philosopher Gernot Böhme.
Atmospheric Architectures: The Aesthetics of Felt Spaces brings together Böhme's most seminal writings on the subject, through chapters selected from his classic books and articles, many of which have hitherto only been available in German. This is the only translated version authorised by Böhme himself, and is the first coherent collection deploying a consistent terminology. It is a work which will provide rich references and a theoretical framework for ongoing discussions about atmospheres and their relations to architectural and urban spaces. Combining philosophy with architecture, design, landscape design, scenography, music, art criticism, and visual arts, the essays together provide a key to the concepts that motivate the work of some of the best contemporary architects, artists, and theorists: from Peter Zumthor, Herzog & de Meuron and Juhani Pallasmaa to Olafur Eliasson and James Turrell.
With a foreword by Professor Mark Dorrian (Forbes Chair in Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art) and an afterword by Professor David Leatherbarrow, (Chair of the Graduate Group in Architecture,
University of Pennsylvania), the volume also includes a general introduction to the topic, including coverage of it history, development, areas of application and conceptual apparatus.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Illustrations
- List of Original Publications
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Approaching Atmospheres: Translator’s Introduction
- 1 Atmosphere, a Basic Concept of a New Aesthetic
- 2 The Ecstasies of Things
- 3 Material Splendour
- 4 Atmospheres in Architecture
- 5 The Presence of Living Bodies in Space
- 6 Atmospheres of Human Communication
- 7 Learning to Live with Atmospheres
- 8 The Grand Concert of the World
- 9 The Voice in Spaces of Bodily Presence
- 10 Light and Space
- 11 The Art of Staging as a Paradigm for an Aesthetics of Atmospheres
- 12 Church Atmospheres
- Afterword
- References
- Index
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