Existential and Embodied Wisdom in Architecture
by Juhani Pallasmaa
- Author(s)
- Juhani Pallasmaa
- Publication
- Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2009 ; first edition 2005
- Scope
- 160 Pages, illustrated, 22 cm.
- ISBN
- 9780470779293
In our current global networked culture that puts so much emphasis on the virtual and the visual, the mind and the body have become detached and ultimately disconnected. Though physical appearance is idolised for its sexual appeal and its social identity, the role of the body in developing a full understanding of the physical world and the human condition has become neglected. The potential of the human body as a knowing entity – with all our senses as well as our entire bodily functions being structured to produce and maintain silent knowledge together – fails to be recognised. Pallasmaa here continues the exploration begun in his classic work The Eyes of the Skin by further investigating the interplay of emotion and imagination, intelligence and making, theory and life, once again redefining the task of art and architecture through well-grounded human truths.
- Keywords
- body , architecture theory
- Location
- Cabinet 31 - 2: Lichaam en omgeving
- Extra themes
- Body and Architecture, Body and Space, Residents and the built environment ;
- Remarks
- Incl. bibliographical references and Index.
