Architecture is Atmosphere
Notes on Empathy, Emotions, Body, Brain, and Space
Published on 28. September 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-88-6977-378-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book intends to explore the atmospheric issue from an independent, architectural perspective. It is composed of two main sections. The first one introduces and analyzes the atmospheric concept inside the lexical scope of the architectural discipline, mapping the whole taxonomy of semantic declinations that are recognized by architecture, in addition to retracing the etymology of the term 'atmosphere' and its evolution. The second section studies the topic throughout the sensory-emotional filter of the perceiving subject located in the built environment, gleaning suggestions from neuroscientific knowledge. More recently, architecture and neuroscience have started to interact, both in the combination of their theories and through experiment-based investigations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
MI
Italy
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-88-6977-378-5 (9788869773785)
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Elisabetta Canepa (MSEng, PhD) is an architect and collaborator at the Dept Architecture and Design (dAD) of the Polytechnic School of Genova. Her research activity focuses on the hybrid connection between architecture and cognitive neuroscience, analyzing topics such as atmospheric dynamics, the emotional nature of the architectural experience, embodiment theory, the empathic phenomenon between humans and space, and experimentation in virtual reality.