7/2/2023 0 Comments Atmospheres by Peter Zumthor![]() He addresses the nature of space as the physicality of an actual space and the atmospheric qualities that are embedded within a space. ![]() ![]() German philosopher Gernot Böhme has also expanded on the architectural atmosphere, in his essay "Atmosphere as the Subject Matter of Architecture". The Spinozistic perception of the mode of body influences what is perceived by the mind. Merleau-Ponty in Phenomenology of Perception asserts that, “the body and mind cannot be separated as subject and object”. Their architectural works draw from the philosophical tradition of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Martin Heidegger, the correlation of the body and its sensory-motor functions. Among these architects include Peter Zumthor, Steven Holl and Juhani Pallasmaa. Drawing from Vitruvius’ discussion of architecture, a number of twentieth-century architects have adopted a phenomenological interpretation of their work, to understand architecture’s primary concern as the body in space. It is the human body that emanates the structural qualities of architecture. Vitruvius noted that since the human body is the measure of architecture, it is also that which determines atmospheric qualities. ![]()
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