Main entry:

Pallasmaa, Juhani.

Title & Author:

The eyes of the skin : architecture and the senses / Juhani Pallasmaa.

Publication:

Chichester : Wiley-Academy ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2005.

Description:

80 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Preface by Steven Holl.
Includes bibliographical references.
Vision and knowledge -- Critics of ocularcentrism -- The narcissistic and nihilistic eye -- Oral versus visual space -- Retinal architecture and the loss of plasticity -- An architecture of visual images -- Materiality and time -- The rejection of Alberti's window -- A new vision and sensory balance -- The body in the centre -- Multi-sensory experience -- The significance of the shadow -- Acoustic intimacy -- Silence, time, and solitude -- Spaces of scent -- The shape of touch -- The taste of stone -- Images of muscle and bone -- Images of action -- Bodily identification -- Mimesis of the body -- Spaces of memory and imagination -- An architecture of the senses -- The task of architecture.

Summary:

"First published in 1996, The Eyes of the Skin has become a classic of architectural theory and is required reading on courses in schools of architecture around the world. It consists of two extended essays. The first surveys the historical development of the ocularcentric paradigm in western culture since the Greeks, and its impact on the experience of the world and the nature of architecture. The second examines the role of the other senses in authentic architectural experiences, and points the way towards a multi-sensory architecture which facilitates a sense of belonging and integration." "Since the book's first publication, interest in the role of the body and the senses has been emerging in both architectural philosophy and teaching. This new, revised and extended edition of this seminal work will not only inspire architects and students to design more holistic architecture, but will enrich the general reader's perception of the world around them."--Jacket.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0470015799 (hbk.)
9780470015797 (hbk.)
0470015780 (pbk.)
9780470015780 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture Aesthetics.
Architecture Esthétique.
Architektur
Architekturtheorie
Ästhetik
Architecture Human factors
Finnland
Finland

Added entries:

Holl, Steven

Holdings:

Location: Library main 237624
Call No.: BIB 167437
Status: Available