Architecture: Prioritizing the Human Experience in Design phenomenological in the work of Steven Holl 6Reflections 9Glossary 10Websites 10Referenced Images 10Bibliography 11Notes 12Architecture PhenomenologyPhilosophy MovementDwelling SpacesDesign ExperimentTheoryKEYWORDS1.0 IntroductionNow is the time for the gods to emergeFrom the things by which we dwell…Rainer Maria Rilke (Insel ed., II, 185) Architects design spaces intended to be inhabited, places intended to be inhabited. be in interaction with. Humans need shelter from the elements, protection from nature's worst deprivations, and a place to feel safe. But why can structures built from inanimate parts provoke such strong emotional reactions in us? Responses that can vary from a feeling of belonging to a feeling of terror and apprehension! Juhani Pallasmaa asks: "Why do so few modern buildings appeal to our feelings, while almost any anonymous house... or the most unpretentious farm outbuilding gives us a sense of belonging?" feeling of familiarity and pleasure? » Whereas Pallasmaa's question presupposes that there is a clear distinction between past and present in the constructed form. His questioning of the feelings aroused by our perception of these buildings which are familiar to us is still relevant today. It follows, then, that if we want to create spaces that evoke feelings that are desirable and worth inhabiting, we must first ask ourselves how we derive our understanding of the world around us. How can we begin to understand the things we see and interact with our five senses? The incorporation of ideas generated by philosophers, such as...... middle of paper ......Pallasmaa, Juhani. The embodied image – Imagination and imagery in architecture. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester, 2011. Pallasmaa, Juhani. The eyes of the skin – Architecture and sense. John Wiley & Sons: Etobicoke, ON, 2005. Pallasmaa, Juhani. The thinking hand – Existential wisdom embodied in architecture. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester, 2009. Zumthor, Peter. Atmospheres. Birkhauser: Boston, 2005. Dreyfus & Dreyfus Sense and Nonsense, trans., Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1964 Holl, S., 1996. Intertwining (NY: Princeton Architectural Press). Holl, S., 2000. Parallax (Basel: Birkhäuser). Moran, D., 2000. Introduction to Phenomenology (London: Routledge). Moran, D., 2005. Edmund Husserl: Founder of Phenomenology (Cambridge: Polity Press). Norberg-Schulz, C., 2000. Architecture: presence, language, place (Milan: Akir).

Essay / Architecture: Prioritizing the Human Experience in Design phenomenological in the work of Steven Holl 6Reflections 9Glossary 10Websites 10Referenced Images 10Bibliography 11Notes 12Architecture PhenomenologyPhilosophy MovementDwelling SpacesDesign ExperimentTheoryKEYWORDS1.0 IntroductionNow is the time for the gods to emergeFrom the things by which we dwell…Rainer Maria Rilke (Insel ed., II, 185) Architects design spaces intended to be inhabited, places intended to be inhabited. be in interaction with. Humans need shelter from the elements, protection from nature's worst deprivations, and a place to feel safe. But why can structures built from inanimate parts provoke such strong emotional reactions in us? Responses that can vary from a feeling of belonging to a feeling of terror and apprehension! Juhani Pallasmaa asks: "Why do so few modern buildings appeal to our feelings, while almost any anonymous house... or the most unpretentious farm outbuilding gives us a sense of belonging?" feeling of familiarity and pleasure? » Whereas Pallasmaa's question presupposes that there is a clear distinction between past and present in the constructed form. His questioning of the feelings aroused by our perception of these buildings which are familiar to us is still relevant today. It follows, then, that if we want to create spaces that evoke feelings that are desirable and worth inhabiting, we must first ask ourselves how we derive our understanding of the world around us. How can we begin to understand the things we see and interact with our five senses? The incorporation of ideas generated by philosophers, such as...... middle of paper ......Pallasmaa, Juhani. The embodied image – Imagination and imagery in architecture. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester, 2011. Pallasmaa, Juhani. The eyes of the skin – Architecture and sense. John Wiley & Sons: Etobicoke, ON, 2005. Pallasmaa, Juhani. The thinking hand – Existential wisdom embodied in architecture. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester, 2009. Zumthor, Peter. Atmospheres. Birkhauser: Boston, 2005. Dreyfus & Dreyfus Sense and Nonsense, trans., Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1964 Holl, S., 1996. Intertwining (NY: Princeton Architectural Press). Holl, S., 2000. Parallax (Basel: Birkhäuser). Moran, D., 2000. Introduction to Phenomenology (London: Routledge). Moran, D., 2005. Edmund Husserl: Founder of Phenomenology (Cambridge: Polity Press). Norberg-Schulz, C., 2000. Architecture: presence, language, place (Milan: Akir).

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