Movement

Architectural Phenomenology

1958–
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Phenomenological tradition from Bachelard and Norberg-Schulz to Pallasmaa and Pérez-Gómez, foregrounding embodied experience of place.

Body Dwelling Meaning

Details

Origin
Europe

Classifications

Holder
Individual
Source of authority
Lived experience
Subject
Human centred
Degree of codification
Pattern based
Mode of transmission
Text drawing
Knowledge type
Relational embodied
Epistemic cluster
Western philosophical

Connections

Referenced by

Sources

  1. Wiley. n.d.. https://www.wiley.com/en-au/The+Eyes+of+the+Skin%3A+Architecture+and+the+Senses%2C+3rd+Edition-p-9781119941286.
  2. Bachelard, Gaston. The Poetics of Space. Presses Universitaires de France (French original); Beacon Press (English trans. 1964), 1958.
  3. Norberg-Schulz, Christian. Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture. Rizzoli, 1979.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Architectural Phenomenology." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/phenomenology-of-architecture/. Accessed July 17, 2026.