Practical Poetics in Architecture E-Book

Leon van Schaik

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Serie: Architectural Design Primer
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 304

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Integrate poetics into real-world spaces by bringing theory down to earth

Practical Poetics in Architecture takes poetics out of the theory class and into the design studio, showing architects how the atmospheric and experiential qualities of built structures can be intentionally considered and planned. With an emphasis on analysing and explaining the sensibility of poetics at work in designing and constructing architecture, this book features projects from architects around the world that demonstrate the principles of poetics come to life. The rich illustration of two hundred colour images, including analytical diagrams, plans, sections, and photos, make this insightful guide a highly visual foray into a topic that has thus far remained more theoretical than practical. The text is matter-of-fact and concrete, yet remains richly connected to its forbears and the writings of William Lethaby, Gaston Bachelard, and Steen Eiler Rasmussen. The perspective is contemporary in its examples and its connections to the evolving science of perception.

An established seminar topic in theory classes around the world, poetics tends to rely heavily on classic philosophic texts — until now. Practical Poetics in Architecture brings theory down to earth to show architects how to invoke poetics when designing real projects.

• Integrate poetics principles into real-world designs
• Consider atmosphere in terms of form, space, and acoustics
• Study actual projects that bring poetics into real spaces
• Take cues from analytical diagrams of projects accounting for context

Poetics — the accumulated experience of place, space, and culture — has become more critical in recent years as the atmospheric and experiential qualities of built spaces have become more elusive in the virtual age. Practical Poetics in Architecture provides real guidance for real projects, and brings poetics out of the mind and onto the plans.

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Practical Poetics in Architecture

LEON VAN SCHAIK

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I dedicate this book to all those who strive in the immensely complex practice of architecture.

Acknowledgements

I acknowledge with great gratitude the help of my assistant Melisa McDonald, and of the publishing team: Helen Castle, the commissioning editor at Wiley; Calver Lezama, her assistant; Abigail Grater, the copy editor; and Karen Willcox, the designer. I am also indebted to successive editors of Architecture Australia and Architectural Review who have given me the opportunity to develop a style of reviewing, in particular Cameron Bruhn and Michael Holt. The architects who feature are central to the book, and their candour is the lifeline of my research. I am especially indebted to Esther Anatolitis, Vivian Mitsogianni, Ayse Senturer and Zeynep Mennan, as well as to Andrew Keen and Michael Spooner for their comments on the introductory essay and on sample case studies. I hope they find that the book merits a second reading. In the back of my mind, I have imagined the book being read by mentors and friends like William and Lena Lim, Peter Cook and Yael Reisner, CJ Lim, Will Hunter, Catherine Stutterheim, and all the architects and architects in the making I have ever had the pleasure to work with thus far.

CONTENTS

Preface

References

Introduction

The Concept of an Architectural Reality as the Basis for the Practical Use of Poetics in Architecture

Architecture's Relationship to the Pursuit of Knowledge in Other Fields

References

Chapter 1: Making Home

Treehouse, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

WoodBlock House, London

FAB house prototype, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Remodelling and new Plant Room at Eagle's Nest, Zennor, Cornwall, England

Wattle Avenue House, Mildura, Victoria, Australia

References

Chapter 2: Feeding, Body, Mind and Soul

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival (MFWF) Greenhouse, Melbourne

't Raboes Project, Eemnes, Netherlands

Precinct Energy Project, Dandenong, Australia

Arrow Studio, Tylden, Victoria, Australia

Borgarfjördur College, Borgarnes, Iceland

RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne

Abedian School of Architecture, Robina, Queensland, Australia

References

Chapter 3: Healing our City

Community Police Station, Marysville, Victoria, Australia

Canada Water Library, Surrey Quays, Southwark, London

Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London

South Molton Street Building, London

Three University Makeovers: University of Cincinnati Masterplan, Cincinnati, Ohio

Central European University remodelling, Budapest

RMIT New Academic Street, Melbourne

References

Chapter 4: Capturing Nature

University of Queensland Aquatic Centre, Brisbane

The Oliv, Singapore

La Plage du Pacifique, Vanuatu

PARKROYAL on Pickering, Singapore

Poolhouse 1, Home Counties, England

References

Conclusion

A Reflection on Practical Poetics

References

Select Bibliography

Index

Picture Credits

EULA

List of Illustrations

Preface

Peter Lyssiotis, Montage, Melbourne, 1998

While this image may be read as surrealist, prosaically it evokes an insight into what could be done to a door to enable a view of a crescent moon.

‘Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 25 January to 6 April 2014 (curated by Kate Goodwin): installation by Grafton Architects

This installation completely reversed the spatial configuration of the gallery, although conforming to the same top-lit paradigm. The space shifts from being one that rises to rooflights that wash the walls, to a weighty space with paradoxically elusive connections to the ground.

‘Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 25 January to 6 April 2014 (curated by Kate Goodwin): installation by Pezo von Ellrichshausen

An installation that brought people into contact with the details of the gallery. Designed to be seen from far below, this intimate relationship to the detail was startling, as was the appreciation of the actual rather than the apparent height of the space.

‘Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 25 January to 6 April 2014 (curated by Kate Goodwin): installation by Li Xiaodong

A wintry external space was created within the warm Beaux-Arts interior of the gallery. Offsetting this behind one of these grey sapling walls was a glowing honey-coloured cabin interior.