Theorist
Gaston Bachelard
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Details
- Nationality
- French
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Lived experience
- Subject
- Human centred
- Degree of codification
- Protocol performed
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- authored The Poetics of Space
- proposed Phenomenology of Architecture
- associated with Architectural Phenomenology
- founded Architectural Phenomenology
- central to Architectural Phenomenology
- influenced Juhani Pallasmaa
- influenced Charles W. Moore
Referenced by
- Juhani Pallasmaa extends
- Patrik Schumacher opposes
- August Schmarsow influenced
Sources
- Bachelard, Gaston. La poétique de l'espace. Presses Universitaires de France, 1957.
- Wikipedia (corroborated). n.d.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Bachelard.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Gaston Bachelard." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/gaston-bachelard/. Accessed September 1, 2026.