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Questions of Perception: Phenomenology of Architecture Steven Holl, Juhani Pallasmaa, Alberto Perez-Gomez
Publisher: William Stout

In 1941, architectural historian Sigfried Giedion discussed evolving notions of space in his seminal book Space, Time and Architecture. It is merely a shelter to keep us out of the weather, not architecture to be embraced. These two intertwined concepts raise questions of identity, perception and materiality. If architects move away from the fetishism of . In examining the two architects side-by-side, Morris places them in conversation with one another, implicitly underlining their similarities as well as their essential differences. Notions and constructs of space and place define the environment we live in. And theories of spatium, locus, platea and phenomenology. We want to begin by clarifying the terms “space” and “place”. The production of space is marked with its own phenomenology. Her filmic choices also reveal an ongoing These works use deceptively simple means to transform and complicate the spaces they occupy, throwing into relief the interrelated questions of perception and phenomenology that have occupied the artist for over four decades. In this context, phenomenology of architecture must deliberately evoke a sense of awareness with how humans experience a building and gain a sense of belonging and meaning in the world. Husserl, its fountainhead, perceived phenomenology as a dualism between mind and body, with mind playing a dominant role because of its implied equivalence to knowledge.