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And I wonder can we construct our worlds from the lightest quality surrounding us everywhere: –air-. | And I wonder can we construct our worlds from the lightest quality surrounding us everywhere: –air-. | ||
- | Air's once palpable presence in contemporary architecture has become largely invisible. Our architecture is often asphyxiating its inhabitants, | + | Air's once palpable presence in contemporary architecture has become largely invisible. Our architecture is often asphyxiating its inhabitants, |
The Renaissance embodied the idea of air or better ‘pneuma’ [wind, air, breath, spirit and soul] in their art of building. One of the primary goals of renaissance architects was to enhance the powers of pneuma so as to foster the art of well-being, essence, wind and ventilation were core principles of classical buildings. Pneuma was a wonderful link for establishing harmony between the human body, architecture and the cosmos, and that building was envisioned as a mediator between the inhabitant' | The Renaissance embodied the idea of air or better ‘pneuma’ [wind, air, breath, spirit and soul] in their art of building. One of the primary goals of renaissance architects was to enhance the powers of pneuma so as to foster the art of well-being, essence, wind and ventilation were core principles of classical buildings. Pneuma was a wonderful link for establishing harmony between the human body, architecture and the cosmos, and that building was envisioned as a mediator between the inhabitant' | ||
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- | Inflatable architecture is simply constructed | + | And in wondering if we can construct our worlds |
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The main quality of these inflatables is that they are alive. In such a way that it are inflatable spaces you want to be emerged with, play with, be involved with and for the rest: | The main quality of these inflatables is that they are alive. In such a way that it are inflatable spaces you want to be emerged with, play with, be involved with and for the rest: | ||
- | * They have a scale somewhere between our second, and third skin (ps. the first skin is our own skin, the [[second skin]] our clothes, the 3rd skin our rooms and buildings.) | + | * They have a scale somewhere between our second, and third skin (ps. the first skin is our own skin, the [[second skin]] our clothes, the third skin our rooms and buildings.) |
* They have a nomadic character, in such a way that they are mobile or portable | * They have a nomadic character, in such a way that they are mobile or portable | ||
* They can be seen as breathing living organisms in which their visitors can become co-structures of a space. | * They can be seen as breathing living organisms in which their visitors can become co-structures of a space. | ||
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One can simply tape, stitch or iron the layer plastics together, make a hole and mount a table-ventilator and voila there is an inflated space. To enter the space; take a knife and make an incision. | One can simply tape, stitch or iron the layer plastics together, make a hole and mount a table-ventilator and voila there is an inflated space. To enter the space; take a knife and make an incision. | ||
Its a quick medium to construct a space, one can practice building over and over again, every time deepening its patterns, until you know exactly how to realize spaces which works. | Its a quick medium to construct a space, one can practice building over and over again, every time deepening its patterns, until you know exactly how to realize spaces which works. | ||
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===== Some general problem domains in contemporary architecture===== | ===== Some general problem domains in contemporary architecture===== | ||
- | While reading | + | Juhani Pallasmaa’s |
* The current over-emphases of intellectual and conceptual dimensions of architecture contributes to the disappearance of its physical, sensual and embodied essence. | * The current over-emphases of intellectual and conceptual dimensions of architecture contributes to the disappearance of its physical, sensual and embodied essence. | ||
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[reference to :There is a Timeless Way of Building- patterns of events]\\ | [reference to :There is a Timeless Way of Building- patterns of events]\\ | ||
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- | After Coming across some problematic patterns | + | After Coming across some problematic patterns |