3. “The existential purpose of the building (architecture) is therefore to make a site become
a place, that is, to uncover the meanings potentially present in the given environment .”
Christian Norberg-Schulz
4. The Phenomenon of Place
“What, then, we mean with the word ‘place’?
Obviously we mean something more than abstract location. We mean a totality made
up of concrete things having material substance, shape, texture and colour. Together
these things determine an ‘environmental character’, which is the essence of place. In
general a place is given as such a character or “atmosphere”. A place is therefore a
qualitative, ‘total’ phenomenon, which we can not reduce to any of its properties, such as
spatial relationships, without losing its concrete nature out of sight.”
Christian Norberg-Schulz
5. The Phenomenon of Place
Outside – inside, on the ground under the sky.
Hildebrandt: Gollersdorf, Chapel.
6. The Phenomenon of Place
Outside – inside. Stimmung.
Giglio Castello. Nordic forest near Oslo.
18. SPACE AND PLACE:
Architecture as Identification of Place
The Phenomenon of Place
The Structure of Place
The Spirit of Place
Exam preparation:
Professor’s lecture and presentation
Farrelly, L., The Fundamentals of Architecture, AVA Publishing SA, 2007.
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You can also use the book listed in References .
19. Prepared by:
Dr. Sc. Nermina Mujezinović
architect
Literature that was used for lecture preparation / Credits & References
1. Schulz, N. C., Genius Loci, Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture, Rizzoli, Edinburgh College of Art Library
