Juhani Pallasmaa

The Eyes of the Skin

Architecture and the Senses

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1996, The Eyes of the Skin has become a classic of architectural theory. It asks the far-reaching question why, when there are five senses, has one single sense - sight - become so predominant in architectural culture and design? With the ascendancy of the digital and the all-pervasive use of the image electronically, it is a subject that has become all the more pressing and topical since the first edition's publication in the mid-1990s. Juhani Pallasmaa argues that the suppression of the other four sensory realms has led to the overall impoverishment of our built environment, often diminishing the emphasis on the spatial experience of a building and architecture's ability to inspire, engage and be wholly life enhancing.

For every student studying Pallasmaa's classic text for the first time, The Eyes of the Skin is a revelation. It compellingly provides a totally fresh insight into architectural culture. This third edition meets readers' desire for a further understanding of the context of Pallasmaa's thinking by providing a new essay by architectural author and educator Peter MacKeith. This text combines both a biographical portrait of Pallasmaa and an outline of his architectural thinking, its origins and its relationship to the wider context of Nordic and European thought, past and present. The focus of the essay is on the fundamental humanity, insight and sensitivity of Pallasmaa's approach to architecture, bringing him closer to the reader. This is illustrated by Pallasmaa's sketches and photographs of his own work. The new edition also provides a foreword by the internationally renowned architect Steven Holl and a revised introduction by Pallasmaa himself.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W119941280
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 257g
• ISBN-13: 9781119941286
• ISBN-10: 1119941288
• Artikelnr.: 34717361

Autorenporträt

Juhani Pallasmaa is one of Finland's most distinguished architects and architectural thinkers. His previous positions include: Rector of the Institute of Industrial Arts, Helsinki; Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki; and Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Helsinki University of Technology. He has also held visiting professorships at several universities worldwide. Pallasmaa is the author/editor of over thirty books, including The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses (Academy, 1995 and John Wiley & Sons, 2005), The Thinking Hand: Existential and Embodied Wisdom in Architecture (John Wiley & Sons, 2009) and The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture (John Wiley & Sons, 2011). Peter MacKeith is Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Architecture at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St Louis. He has held academic positions and worked in design practices in both Finland and the United States, and has written and lectured extensively on Finnish and Nordic architecture.

Inhaltsangabe

FOREWORD Thin Ice by Steven Holl 6 INTRODUCTION Touching the World by 10
Juhani Pallasmaa PART ONE Vision and Knowledge 18 Critics of Ocularcentrism
22 The Narcissistic and Nihilistic Eye 24 Oral versus Visual Space 25
Retinal Architecture and the Loss of Plasticity 28 An Architecture of
Visual Images 33 Materiality and Time 34 The Rejection of Alberti's Window
37 A New Vision and Sensory Balance 40 PART TWO The Body in the Centre 43
Multi-Sensory Experience 44 The Signifi cance of the Shadow 50 Acoustic
Intimacy 53 Silence, Time and Solitude 55 Spaces of Scent 58 The Shape of
Touch 60 The Taste of Stone 63 Images of Muscle and Bone 64 Images of
Action 67 Bodily Identification 69 Mimesis of the Body 71 Spaces of Memory
and Imagination 72 An Architecture of the Senses 75 The Task of
Architecture 76 A DOOR HANDLE, A HANDSHAKE An introduction to Juhani
Pallasmaa and his work by Peter MacKeith 78 NOTES 110 INDEX 123 PICTURE
CREDITS 127