Main entry:

Weber, Ralf.

Title & Author:

On the aesthetics of architecture : a psychological approach to the structure and the order of perceived architectural space / Ralf Weber.

Publication:

Aldershot : Brookfield, USA : Avebury, ©1995.

Description:

xiv, 279 pages ; 23 cm.

Series:

Ethnoscapes

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-265).
I THE ISSUE OF FORM : SOME QUESTIONS POSED -- II APPRAISING FORM : THEORIES COMPARED -- 1. Architecture as instrument : functionalism -- 2. Metaphysical formalism : theories of proportion -- 3. Meaningful form : expression, communication and architecture as language -- III ADOPTING THE AESTHETIC ATTITUDE -- 1. Direct awareness -- 2. Buildings as means without ends : is architecture a fine art? -- 3. Three considerations for further development of a presentational theory -- IV FORM AND ITS INTERPRETATION : THE ROLE OF PERCEPTION AND COGNITION AND THE FORMATION OF CONCEPTS -- 1. Perception : a functionally independent process -- 2. Cognition : the formation of operational schemes -- 3. The independence of form and meaning : morphic concepts vs value concepts -- V THE ROLES OF FORM AND MEANING IN THE FORMATION OF JUDGEMENTS -- 1. The subject : similarities and differences in information processing and the formulation of judgements -- 2. The object : its structures of information -- 3. Constraints of experience : degrees of aesthetic freedom -- 4. An intermediate conclusion -- VI Aesthetic value : analyzing the effects of form -- 1. Has form an intrinsic value? -- 2. Perceptual appropriateness : order and wholeness -- 3. Hierarchical structure : sustained perceptual interest -- 4. Two conditions for aesthetically successful form -- VII SPATIAL FORM IN ARCHITECTURE -- 1. Perceptual vs. geometric space -- 2. The shape of the void : figural definition of architectural space -- 3. Complex spatial arrangements -- VIII Corporeal form -- 1. Shape, mass and center -- 2. Perceptual stability -- 3. Hierarchical composition -- 4. Figure and ground articulation -- IX SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK.
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Summary:

"On the Aesthetics of Architecture is a result of an interdisciplinary study in architectural theory, psychology and philosophy and the author's experience as a practicing architect. It tries to relate theories of aesthetics and recent advances in the psychology of visual perception to the practice of design." "The text starts with an analysis of traditional and contemporary schools of thought in architectural theory, and then proceeds through the formulation of a general theory of aesthetics based on perceptual and cognitive information processing to a description of the actual conditions under which aesthetic experiences of buildings and cities takes place. It exemplifies principles of aesthetic appropriateness through an analysis of architectural space and form." "Weber's book attempts to move the discussion of architectural aesthetics beyond the shifting doctrines of style and the often ambiguous dicta of critics. While the author makes no claim that his interpretation of psychological research will result in good architecture, he does insist on the need to bring the discussion of form back to more objective grounds. As such, it provides a valuable teaching resource and an important new contribution to the discussion among architects themselves, as well as between psychologists, philosophers and art theorists."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

185628977X
9781856289771

Subject:

Space (Architecture) Psychological aspects.
Architecture Aesthetics.
Espace (Architecture) Aspect psychologique.
Architecture Esthétique.
Architektur
Psychologie
Raum
Ästhetik
Espace (architecture) Aspect psychologique.
Architecture

Added entries:

Ethnoscapes (Unnumbered)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 81133
Call No.: ID NA2765.W4; ID:95-B2600
Status: Available