Thinking architecture : From phenomenology towards planetarity

Farooqi, Abu Talha (2023) Thinking architecture : From phenomenology towards planetarity. In: Affective world-making : Routing planetary thought. Routledge, London, pp. 13-29. ISBN 9781003461593

[thumbnail of abu-talha-farooqi-thinking-architecture-2023.pdf] Text
abu-talha-farooqi-thinking-architecture-2023.pdf - Published Version
Restricted to Repository staff only

Download (142kB) | Request a copy

Abstract

Phenomenology-in-architecture has gained a lot of prominence in the twenty-first century as a critique of modern architecture, both in terms of theory and practice. This chapter argues that the central argument of phenomenology-in-architecture – of moving away from an ocular-centric approach towards incorporating phenomenological aspects of kinesthetics, haptic, and the multisensory perception of the human body into architecture thinking – is lacking in its ability to comprehend and explain architecture as the object-phenomenon and to ethically think about building/architecture in terms of human and non-human agencies associated with it. This is so because it is primarily interested in understanding buildings in terms of experience or consciousness, rather than as a way of being-in-the-world. This chapter attempts to read phenomenology-in-architecture with the planet in an ethically informed manner. This chapter, after problematizing the issue, adopts Heidegger’s phenomenology to resolve the issues inherent in phenomenology-in-architecture. Whence Heideggerian phenomenology becomes problematic, this chapter attempts to go beyond the confines of classical phenomenology and uses critical phenomenology to think about architecture from a planetary perspective. In other words, this is a journey from phenomenology-in-architecture through critical phenomenology, and towards planetarity-in-architecture

Item Type: Book Section
Keywords: Phenomenology-in-architecture | Multisensory perception | Heidegger’s phenomenology | Planetarity-in-architecture
Subjects: Physical, Life and Health Sciences > Arts and Architecture
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
JGU School/Centre: Jindal School of Art & Architecture
Depositing User: Subhajit Bhattacharjee
Date Deposited: 13 Nov 2023 19:29
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2023 13:58
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003461593-2
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/6890

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

Actions (login required)

View Item
View Item