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In addition the conclusion, I think, doesn’t do the full book justice, maybe cross referencing the chapters or built examples would have been more helpful; or, even, including more examples from the time. There are great lessons from historical examples, but it doesn’t have to be a history book, and the contemporary examples that Rasmussen references are very helpful as they provide a clearer snapshot on the architecture canon in the 1960s. Light is good in that building but its because its all glass walls - there is no Architectural setup so I like it less than the author. recite or intone. In large churches with a marked reverberationthere is frequently what is termed a “sympathetic note”—thatis to say “a region of pitch in which tone is apparently reinforced.”If the reciting noteof the priestwas close to the “sympathetic note”of the church and Hope Bagenal tells us that probably both ofthem were, then as now, somewhere near A or A flat—thesonorous Latin vowels would be carried full-toned to the entirecongregation. A Latin prayer or one of the psalms from theOld Testament could be intoned in a slow and solemn rhythm,carefully adjusted to the time of reverberation.

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In the past, Rasmussen argues, architecture was not just an individual pursuit, but a community undertaking. Dwellings were built with a natural feeling for place, materials and use, resulting in “a remarkably suitable comeliness.” While we cannot return to a former age, Rasmussen notes, we can still design spaces that are beautiful and useful by seeking to understand architecture as an art form that must be experienced. An understanding of good design comes not only from one's professional experience of architecture as an abstract, individual pursuit, but also from one's shared, everyday experience of architecture in real time—its particular use of light, color, shape, scale, texture, rhythm and sound.

Lively, without ever becoming condescending .~. learned withoutever becoming dull. A book of great charm and broad understanding.”—Architectural Fo,’urn The Quote Above is the first thing I really strongly disagree with the book about. What Europeans learned that the Japanese haven’t I really don’t know. In 1959, Steen Eiler Rasmussen (visiting professor at MIT) wrote a book called “Experiencing Architecture” to teach many students about experimentation of architectural products starting with a photograph of a king riding bicycle. The book is quite straight-forward to explain basic things about architecture especially for architecture students. What I realized as an interesting fact is that same book can be guide for non-architect people to understand architect’s choices about their designs. I will mention some of the points that are placed in the book. In that way, it may help to reduce the sense of “crazy architect”.

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Chapter headings - from Solid and Cavities in Architecture; Architecture Experienced as Colour Planes; Daylight in Architecture and the final chapter Hearing in Architecture - show clearly how he felt that architecture is tactile and you can sense the character and qualities of a building in different ways … Frontis, 251pp, many illustrations (photos, incl. colour drawings etc). 24x16, cloth, illustrated dw Good copy in clipped and slightly worn and browned dw, this now protected. Analysis of architecture - by form, texture, rhythm etc. A good discussion about Corbusiers modulor that appears to admit it must be ‘tweaked’ for most things. All articles published by MDPI are made immediately available worldwide under an open access license. No special J.S.Bach couldn’t have written the music the way it was without the particular acoustics of the church he wrote for.Lee, M. Study on Characteristics of Body Sense in Contemporary Architectural Design: Focused on Works of Herzog & de Meuron, Steven Holl, Peter Zumthor, Kuma Kengo. J. Korea Inst. Inter. Des. 2015, 24, 82–92. [ Google Scholar] Walking us through a set of Roman Buildings describing them in a way he set up in the previous two chapters.

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The symposium ran an open call for papers, inviting submissions from researchers and practitioners from all disciplines and career stages.Soltani, S.; Kirci, N. Phenomenology and Space in Architecture: Experience, Sensation and Meaning. Int. J. Archit. Eng. Technol. 2019, 6, 3. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef]