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Be: The Mind, Body and Spirit of Architecture

Part 2 Dissertation 2018
Gemma Copp
 Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool | UK
The phenomenology of architecture is the study of conscious experience within a building, achieved through atmospheres, intentionally designed to move people to become the function of quality over science. Architecture has the power to stimulate the imaginative mind, generating thoughts/feelings/memories that can alter subjective well-being. The Specialist Study questions:

What is the criteria in architecture that would allow architects to achieve positive experiential spaces for greater well-being?

Gemma Copp
Tutor(s)
David Heathcote
2018
Living room at Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, shows a very brightly lit room with one wall entirely glazed, in contrast with the traditional Japanese house below showing a variety of shadows.
Shalekhet Installation (66-foot high central void) at the Jewish War Museum, Berlin, designed by Daniel Libeskind. Ground is covered with 10, 000 iron discs, representing the Holocaust victims.
Kolumba Art Museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Designed by Peter Zumthor and completed in 2007.
Extract taken from Chapter Three: Achieving Meaningful, Authentic Experience.
The Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France that represents a successful balance between visual stimulation and multi-sensory design for a positive experience. The interior proportions are based on the Modulor Man. Designed by Le Corbusier.
Schumacher argues that iconic, contemporary architecture are “superficial and ignorant,” acts by leading architects and “all-too-easy point-scoring which indeed usually misses the point.” The Heywdar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan, by Zaha Hadid Architec
The perceptually stimulating atmosphere at the Therme Vals, Graubünden, Switzerland and designed by Peter Zumthor.
Interior spaces in between individual units to meander in freedom whilst exploring the building in any desired order.
Heidegger’s Hut, Black Forest Mountains, Todtnauberg, Germany and considered as a ‘Built Thing’ surrounded by natural phenomena that may transcend oneself into a higher realm of being.
The Tschuggen Wellness Centre, Arosa, Switzerland and considered as a ‘Built Object’ to stimulate the sense of vision. Designed by Mario Botta.
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