Behind Architectural Filters

Phenomena of Interference
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-07749-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 252 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Behind Architectural Filters: Phenomena of Interference explores the active role of architectural filters in generating physically and sensory charged spatial experiences. The book addresses how the material and the psychological strategies of permeable physical boundaries determine our perceptual experiences of the spaces we occupy.

This book explores architectural filters as connecting mechanisms capable of conjuring unique atmospheres that integrate the participation of several agents. The text analyzes ten case studies, grouped under five generative parameters: origin, density, thickness, function, and message. Each study investigates the main aspects of the filters’ internal genesis and the character of the spaces informed by them. The cases illustrate a broad geographic, cultural, and historical scope, and connect past tradition with contemporary design. This methodology considers a historical and philosophical standpoint addressing vernacular, constructive, sustainable, and sensory considerations.

Written for students and scholars of architectural history, theory, art, design, and philosophy, Behind Architectural Filters: Phenomena of Interference offers an unprecedented perspective on the production of spatial atmospheres, bridging past and present while connecting thought and practice in a highly visual study.

Chapter 3 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guitart, Miguel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gestaltung, Darstellung, Bautechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Berufspraxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Foreword. Harmonic Interference

David Leatherbarrow

- Introduction. Materializing Light and Gaze

- The Filter as a Limit of Space

Approaching the Idea of the Limit

Transforming Matter

Contour Conditions

On the Geometry of Filters

From Tradition to Virtuality: Historiographic Categories

The Dissipated Space Behind the Filter

- The Filter as a Transitional Space

A Place of Lights and Shadows

The Vision of the Horizon

Exterior and Interior Landscapes

The Transitional Space: Ma and Engawa

- The Filter as Structure and Construction

Natural Structure and Artificial Structure

The Structure of the Filter: Operations of Subtraction and Addition

The Stereotomic Filter: Predominance of Matter Over Air

The Tectonic Filter: Predominance of Air Over Matter

From the Perforated Box to the Disaggregated Framework

- Generative Strategies

- Strategies of Origin. Earth Filters and Air Filters

Earth Filters

Royal Bath. Comares Palace. The Alhambra. Granada, Spain. Fourteenth Century

Air Filters

Recoletos Court. Madrid, Spain. Eduardo Torroja; Secundino Zuazo. 1935

- Strategies of Density. Heavy Filters and Light Filters

Heavy Filters

Melnikov House. Moscow, Russia. Konstantin S. Melnikov. 1927

Light Filters

Shuster Hall. Hunter College. Bronx, New York, US. Marcel Breuer; Robert F. Gatje. 1959

- Strategies of Thickness. Shallow Filters and Deep Filters

Shallow Filters

Sarkhej Roza. Ahmedabad, India. Fifteenth Century

Deep Filters

Tower of Shadows. Chandigarh, India. Le Corbusier. 1956

- Strategies of Function. Structural Filters and Enclosing Filters

Structural Filters

Public Library. Seattle, WA. Rem Koolhaas; Joshua Prince-Ramus. 2004

Enclosing Filters

Dominus Winery. Napa Valley, CA. Herzog & De Meuron. 1998

- Strategies of Attention. Ground Filters and Figure Filters

Ground Filters

Heilige Familie Church. Oberhausen, Germany. Rudolf Schwarz. 1956

Figure Filters

Nôtre Dame du Haut. Ronchamp, France. Le Corbusier. 1955

6. Conclusions: Behind Architectural Filters

Index

Acknowledgements

Biography

Über Autor(innen)

Miguel Guitart is an architect, author, and academic. Guitart is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture at the University at Buffalo-SUNY. Guitart obtained his PhD in Architecture from ETSAM, Polytechnic University of Madrid, and his Master’s degree from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University as a J. W. Fulbright Scholar. His research focuses on the experiential intersections between matter, perception, and memory. He is the author of The Depth of the Skin (Asimetricas, 2015), and coeditor of the four volumes of Architectural Practice book series (Nobuko, 2014–2021). Guitart has been awarded by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA).