1st Edition

Merleau-Ponty for Architects

By Jonathan Hale Copyright 2017
162 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908–1961) has influenced the design work of architects as diverse as Steven Holl and Peter Zumthor, as well as informing renowned schools of architectural theory, notably those around Dalibor Vesely at Cambridge, Kenneth Frampton, David Leatherbarrow and Alberto Pérez-Gómez in North America and Juhani Pallasmaa in Finland. Merleau-Ponty suggested that the... Read more

Series Editor Preface.  Acknowledgements.  Illustration Credits.  Introduction.  1. Embodied Space – It’s Not What You Think  2. Expressive Form – Since Feeling is First  3. Tectonics and Materials – The Flesh of the World  4. Creativity and Innovation – From Spoken to Speaking Speech  Postscript.  Further Reading.  Bibliography.  Index

Biography

Jonathan Hale is Associate Professor and Reader in Architectural Theory at the University of Nottingham, UK.

'The phenomenological features of Merleau-Ponty’s notion of embodiment have today received extensive support by contemporary biological and neuroscientific research. Hale’s book, which highlights and distills the pivotal insights of the French philosopher, is essential reading for every architect who might ponder how people actually perceive their designed environments.' - Harry Francis Mallgrave, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA