Thinking Architecture: Third, expanded edition

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We should not see the exact details of these connections, and for that, we should use our ability of invention and design to figure out each different detail. I have much appreciation for lighting in design. In fact, I am of the opinion that good lighting can absolutely elevate the 'spirit' of a design, whereas bad lighting can take all of the properties of a well-thought out space and make them feel inert. Esha Biddanda Pavan is an architect and urbanist currently based out of Toronto, Canada. She is a graduate of the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff Univeristy, UK, and the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Bangalore. She has experience working at Kitsune Consulting, Cardiff University Business School, Weaving Thoughts, Keha Casa, Kabir Hira Architects and a-designstudio. Questions, research, experiences, and experimentation with materials will create images in our heads and trigger different emotions. We design with those images, and they influence our architectural character. Thinking architecture is an elegiac allegory on the simplest of feelings of touch, sound, smell and sight and its resonance with architecture. A keen observer, Zumthor is in perpetual search of truth, beauty and meaning.

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When we talk about colors we know that warm colors like orange and red bring excitement and movement and cool colors like blue and green bring calm and serenity. We also know that color contrasts cause energy and analogous colors cause comfort, so there must be a very strong study of chromatic composition to measure user satisfaction levels. Architecture has deep wells of research, thought, and theory that are unseen on the surface of a structure. For practitioners, citizens interested, and students alike, books on architecture offer invaluable context to the profession, be it practical, inspirational, academic, or otherwise. So, for those of you looking to expand your bookshelf (or confirm your own tastes), ArchDaily has gathered a broad list of architectural books that we consider of interest to those in the field. How the work of contemporary architecture practices covers far more than the design and construction of buildings – an important and thought-provoking collection of original projects by unique thinkers in the world of architecture and spatial design, such as Diller + Scofidio, David Adjaye, and Ensamble Studio I realize that considering degrees of scale is important in one's design. To design under one scale can lead to a monotonous experience. A person living under one scale will, by virtue of deprivation or absence, yearn for the presence of the other scale. Artistic processes involve an attempt to create a presence that is analogous to what is found in nature, an instinct to venture for wholeness. Similarly, a comparison is made between art and construction.

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Seeking to chart a course for how architecture in the 21st century will confront growing environmental, economic, social, ethical and cultural challenges, Galilee looks not to high-concept models or glossy renders of imagined futures, but rather 79 completed projects that are already responding in innovative, intelligent and often challenging ways to the matters at hand." - The Modern House The author is critical of the current approaches to architecture and expresses a radical perspective where the process of design is an endless interplay of emotions and reason. It explores the medium of images to create a plethora of atmospheres and perceptible forms. We understand that Corbusier was a practitioner of radical innovation. His methodologies implied the context at that time. They were an application of design thinking in architecture. Corbusier’s genius contributed to the addition of ‘Internationalism’ to architectural thinking. The architect inspired us very early on at architecture school! His philosophies, in turn, revolutionized architecture. We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us,” mused Winston Churchill in 1943 while considering the repair of the bomb-ravaged House of Commons. Everything will depend on the type of space, the client's requirements and the context of the construction. And in fact, there is not just one item to focus on in a project that takes neuroarchitecture into account, in the end it is the intersection of all that: color, natural and artificial light, landscaping, scale, materials…

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For those who want to specialize or understand a little more about neuroarchitecture, here are some indications: I read this book expecting something like an enumerated insight into Peter Zumthor's design process and theories, but "Thinking Architecture" is more of an organization of miscellaneous observations and descriptions of Zumthor's architectural experiences. I hesitate to say the book is not useful because it's very well written and his thoughts are unique and intriguing. It's more that the book is useful in the way a fiction book is useful, but not in the way a non-fiction book might be. If Zumthor's work (google: Zumthor Swiss Baths) didn't stand as an unshakable testament to his abilities as an architect then I might have dismissed this book as lots of worthless colorful language.In the first lecture of his book “Thinking Architecture,” Peter Zumthor , the notable Swiss architect, gave us a glimpse of his way of thinking about architecture.

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If it is a relaxation space like a restaurant or even a residence, the use of yellow lights, which are more cozy, may be more convenient. If it is a hospital, a healing and treatment environment, perhaps other colors like blue and orange, known as refreshing, would be more interesting. This is neuroarchitecture: designing efficient environments based not only on technical parameters of legislation, ergonomics and environmental comfort, but also on subjective indices such as emotion, happiness and well-being.

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The sense that I try to instil into materials is beyond all rules of composition and their tangibility, smell and acoustic qualities are merely elements of the language that we are obliged to use.” Theoretical Anxiety and Design Strategies in the Work of Eight Contemporary Architects / Rafael Moneo