1st Edition
Architecture and Embodiment The Implications of the New Sciences and Humanities for Design
By Harry Francis Mallgrave
Copyright 2013
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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In recent years we have seen a number of dramatic discoveries within the biological and related sciences. Traditional arguments such as "nature versus nurture" are rapidly disappearing because of the realization that just as we are affecting our environments, so too do these altered environments restructure our cognitive abilities and outlooks. If the biological and technological breakthroughs... Read more
Introduction 1. Beauty 2. The Culture of Architecture 3. Emotion 4. Experiencing Architecture 5 . Play, Rituals, and Other Artistic Things
Biography
Mallgrave, Harry Francis
"Its value lies not only in this general approach, however, but also in the fact that Professor Mallgrave, a great expert in the history of architectural theories, is in a privileged position to assess the extent to which neuroscientific breakthroughs can or cannot be of interest in a conceptual approach to this art." – Daniel Dávila, Arquitectura Viva, Issue 156
