Architecture and Silence

di Christos P. Kakalis (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2021

This book explores the role of silence in how we design, present and experi-ence architecture. Grounded in phenomenological theory, the book builds on historical, theoretical and practical approaches to examine silence as a methodological tool of architectural research and unravel the experiential qualities of the design process. Distinct from an entirely soundless experience, silence is proposed as a material condition organically incorporated into the built and natural landscape. Kakalis argues that, either human or atmospheric, silence is a condition of waiting for a sound to be born or a new spatio-temporal event to emerge. In silence, therefore, we are attentive and attuned to the atmos-phere of a place. The book unpacks a series of stories of silence in religious topographies, urban landscapes, film and theatre productions and architec-tural education with contributed chapters and interviews with Jeff Malpas and Alberto Pérez-Gómez. Aimed at postgraduate students, scholars and researchers in architectural theory, it shows how performative and atmospheric qualities of silence can build a new understanding of architectural experience.

• Autore: Christos P. Kakalis
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge Research in Architecture
• Anno: 2021
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 202 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 371 gr.
• EAN: 9780367784263

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