1st Edition

Raw: Architectural Engagements with Nature

By Solveig Bøe, Hege Charlotte Faber Copyright 2014
286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

Through cross-disciplinary explorations of and engagements with nature as a forming part of architecture, this volume sheds light on the concepts of both nature and architecture. Nature is examined in a raw intermediary state, where it is noticeable as nature, despite, but at the same time through, man’s effort at creating form. This is done by approaching nature from the perspective of... Read more

Raw: Architectural Engagements with Nature

Biography

Solveig Bøe is associate professor of philosophy at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include metaphysics, philosophy of nature, aesthetics and art. She has published a number of articles, mainly within history of philosophy and metaphysics, and participates regularly on a national radio program on jazz and philosophy. Hege Charlotte Faber is senior research librarian at NTNU University Library, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include aesthetics, contemporary art and history of art. She is currently working on a monograph about the Norwegian artist Jon Arne Mogstad. Brit Strandhagen is associate professor of philosophy at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include aesthetics and philosophy of art, aesthetics and ethics, environmental aesthetics and history of philosophy. She has published on Kant’s aesthetics and also on other topics, mainly within aesthetics.