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Attunement: Architectural Meaning after the Crisis of Modern Science (Mit Press),New
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How architecture can move beyond the contemporary enthusiasms for the technically sustainable and the formally dazzling to enhance our human values and capacities.Architecture remains in crisis, its social relevance lost between the two poles of formal innovation and technical sustainability. In Attunement, Alberto PrezGmez calls for an architecture that can enhance our human values and capacities, an architecture that is connectedattunedto its location and its inhabitants. Architecture, PrezGmez explains, operates as a communicative setting for societies; its beauty and its meaning lie in its connection to human health and selfunderstanding.Our physical places are of utmost importance for our wellbeing. Drawing on recent work in embodied cognition, PrezGmez argues that the environment, including the built environment, matters not only as a material ecology but because it is nothing less than a constituent part of our consciousness. To be fully selfaware, we need an external environment replete with meanings and emotions.PrezGmez views architecture through the lens of mood and atmosphere, linking these ideas to the key German concept of Stimmungattunementand its roots in Pythagorean harmony and Vitruvian temperance or proportion. He considers the primacy of place over space; the linguistic aspect of architecturethe voices of architecture and the voice of the architect; architecture as a multisensory (not pictorial) experience, with Piranesi, Ledoux, and Hejduk as examples of metaphorical modeling; and how Stimmung might be put to work today to realize the contemporary possibilities of attunement.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main theme of 'Attunement: Architectural Meaning after the Crisis of Modern Science'? A: The main theme of the book is the need for architecture to enhance human values and capacities, moving beyond mere technical sustainability and formal innovation.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'Attunement' is Alberto Pérez-Gómez.
- Q: What is the publication date of this book? A: The book was published on February 26, 2016.
- Q: How many pages does the book have? A: The book contains 304 pages.
- Q: What is the binding type of 'Attunement'? A: The book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: What are the key concepts discussed in the book? A: Key concepts include architectural mood and atmosphere, the importance of place over space, and the idea of attunement linked to human cognition.
- Q: Is the book suitable for students of architecture? A: Yes, the book is suitable for students of architecture as it explores significant philosophical and practical aspects of architectural design.
- Q: Does the book include recent research in cognitive science? A: Yes, Pérez-Gómez draws on recent work in embodied cognition to support his arguments about the built environment.
- Q: What is the edition of this book? A: This is the first edition of 'Attunement'.
- Q: Can this book be useful for understanding the relationship between architecture and human health? A: Yes, the book discusses how architecture influences human health and self-understanding, making it valuable for those interested in this relationship.