1st Edition
Philosophical Hermeneutics and the Architecture of Álvaro Siza Meaning, Action and Place
List of figures
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Álvaro Siza
Philosophical Hermeneutics
A Swimming Pool, a Museum, a Church
The Book’s Approach
The Book’s Structure
CHAPTER ONE Understanding, Hermeneutics and Mimesis
Heidegger and Understanding as Being
Gadamer, Tradition and Horizon
Ricoeur and Understanding through Narrative
CHAPTER TWO Architecture as Hermeneutic Practice
The Conditions under which Interpretive Understanding is Possible: Prefiguration
Making Sense of Life through Building: Configuration
The Act of Inhabiting as an Act of Interpretation: Refiguration
CHAPTER THREE Álvaro Siza’s Hermeneutically Conscious Practice
Álvaro Siza’s Architectural Practice
The Conditions of Álvaro Siza’s Architectural Configuration
The Poetics of Álvaro Siza’s Architectural Configuration
CHAPTER FOUR Tidal Pool (Piscina das Marés), Leça da Palmeira
Humanising Space
Three Forms of Dialogue
Hermeneutic Situation
CHAPTER FIVE Galician Centre of Contemporary Art (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea), Santiago de Compostela
Consciously Entering Dialogue
Three Forms of Dialogue
Hermeneutic Situation
CHAPTER SIX Santa Maria Church, Marco de Canaveses
Individual Contemplation
Communal Worship
Three Forms of Dialogue
Hermeneutic Situation
Conclusion
Natural Forces, the Human Condition and the Divine
The Hermeneutic Being’s Relationship to Architecture
An Exemplar of Hermeneutically Conscious Practice
Biography
Sally J. Faulder is an architectural researcher who examines the process through which sociocultural values are inscribed in the built environment and reproduced in the lived experience of those who inhabit that environment. Her research draws on the thought and varying approaches to the production of knowledge of architecture, hermeneutic philosophy, and anthropology. Sally completed a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Anthropology at National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and later a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture at the University of Westminster. After spending some time in practice, Sally then obtained her PhD in Architecture from Queen’s University, Belfast.
