Phenomenology architecture

Undergraduate Research Paper

The philosophy of phenomenology deals a lot with human …

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- Between Silence and Light A celebration of mass, structure and ruins.. A project very close to my heart that I wanted to immortalize by recreating it as close as possible to the original masterpiece. It is an unbuilt project conceived by the great late architect Louis Kahn. It was an experience in itself mimicking the phenomenology of this monumental structure in Unreal Engine combined with Quixel's megascans. “I thought of the beauty of ruins...of things which nothing lives behind.... and…

Sensing Space installation by Grafton Architects Light is the driving force for this sculpture that hangs overhead.

HOW DOES LIGHT CHANGE OUR PERCEPTION OF SPACE? DOES THERE COME A TIME WHEN A COMMUNITY CAN BEGIN TO REBUILD EXISTING RATHER THAN BUILD NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEPLETE THE COMMUNITY OF THEIR OWN RESO…

Lebanese photographer Serge Najjar’s series “The Architecture of Light” explores the natural illumination of buildings around his native Beirut. His high-contrast black and white photos focus on the geometric shapes, lines and patterns cast upon the walls of concrete structures around the city. Playing with negative space and the tension between sunshine and shadow, Najjar’s compositions […]

My thesis project has recieved a working-name (stated in the title, above) and I'm spending my saturday night reading and writing the project descripition. I came across a book named Eating Architecture that I found interesting at first look and luckily even more interesting after reading the introduction (available as pdf online). I'll leave you with a parallel between the consumption of a meal and the production of space, as seen by Sarah Wigglesworth. This is her London terrace house, on…

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