Architecture and Philosophy: Reflections on Arakawa and Gins
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Keane, Jondi
Selinger, Evan
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2008
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This essay is a critical review of the recent Arakawa and Gins conference- an event that brought phenomenology and architecture into productive dialog through the advancement of interdisciplinary inquiry into the subtle and complex ways that embodied activity structures cognition and perception. To provide the reader with sufficient context to appreciate the ensuing discussion of Arakawa and Gins's concepts and hypotheses, we open with an overview of their previous collaborations. We then transiiton to an analysis of a unique installation called "Reading Room," and, immediately afterwards, provide an exegetical commentary ...
View more >This essay is a critical review of the recent Arakawa and Gins conference- an event that brought phenomenology and architecture into productive dialog through the advancement of interdisciplinary inquiry into the subtle and complex ways that embodied activity structures cognition and perception. To provide the reader with sufficient context to appreciate the ensuing discussion of Arakawa and Gins's concepts and hypotheses, we open with an overview of their previous collaborations. We then transiiton to an analysis of a unique installation called "Reading Room," and, immediately afterwards, provide an exegetical commentary on select conference presentations. This commentary emphasizes phenomenological perspectives, especially ideas that Don Ihde and Shaun Gallagher conveyed. We conclude by outlining some of the most promising horizons of thought that the conference brought to our consideration.
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View more >This essay is a critical review of the recent Arakawa and Gins conference- an event that brought phenomenology and architecture into productive dialog through the advancement of interdisciplinary inquiry into the subtle and complex ways that embodied activity structures cognition and perception. To provide the reader with sufficient context to appreciate the ensuing discussion of Arakawa and Gins's concepts and hypotheses, we open with an overview of their previous collaborations. We then transiiton to an analysis of a unique installation called "Reading Room," and, immediately afterwards, provide an exegetical commentary on select conference presentations. This commentary emphasizes phenomenological perspectives, especially ideas that Don Ihde and Shaun Gallagher conveyed. We conclude by outlining some of the most promising horizons of thought that the conference brought to our consideration.
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Journal Title
Footprint
Volume
3
Issue
Autumn
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© 2008 Technische Universiteit Delft. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Art Theory and Criticism not elsewhere classified
Architecture
Urban and Regional Planning