Topic > Phenomenology and Architecture - 2092

Introduction Phenomenology can be considered both a field of unequivocal academic research and a theoretical design current in the field of contemporary architecture and is usually based on the experience of the materials used in construction including their sensory characteristics. In this sense, architecture is the impetus towards the transformation and inspiration of an individual's daily existence. Unlike other art forms, architecture exploits the immediacy of the individual's sensorial perception. The complete architectural experience depends on many factors such as details, materials, structure, color phenomena, transparency and shadows, passage of time, etc. There is the huge phenomenon that phenomenology does not exist in architecture but rather the problems associated with it. This theory is very questionable and this article aims to delve deeper into some aspects related to phenomenology. Science of acoustic intimacyThe ear, which is the organ that the body uses to achieve acoustic intimacy, is able to define a space and the resulting effect is a sculptural image encrypted in the deep parts of the mind. Acoustic science dictates that sound can be attenuated or refracted by the surfaces of numerous personal life entities. All spaces and buildings possess individual characteristic sounds of monumentality or intimacy, hostility or hospitality, invitation or rejection. The ability to feel generates a sense of solidarity and connection unlike the ability to see which creates a feeling of loneliness. The sound of a friend approaching you from behind definitely has a full charge of emotion like the...... middle of paper ......nds: TU Delft Department of Industrial Design, 2006.Holl, Steven, Juhani Pallasma, Alberto Perez-Gomez. Questions about perception. Tokyo: a+u Publishing Co., 1994.Le Corbusier. Towards a new architecture. London: Architectural Press, 1959. Levin, D. M. The Opening of Vision: Nihilism and the Postmodern Situation. New York and London: Routledge, 1988. Pallasmaa, Juhani. An architecture of the seven senses, questions about perception. Tokyo: a+u Publishing Co., 1994. Pallasmaa, Juhani. The eyes of the skin – Architecture and senses. Great Britain: Academy Editions, 1994. Yusufzai, Zinat. “The clarity of the place”. Master's Thesis in Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2001): 10-20. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11302001-161439/unrestricted/thesis-low-res.pdf (accessed February 19, 2014).