Space, Time & the Human Margin: A Way of Understanding Sacred Architecture Through Participation in Spatial & Temporal Symbolism
| Autor: | Stevens, Raymond |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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traditionalism and architecture
Sense of place philosophia perennis and architecture participation in architecture hermeneutic theory phenomenology in architecture Architecural symbolism the beautiful in architecture symbolism the sublime in architecture architectural event Transcendence & Omnipresence sacred architecture Atmosphere in architecture Presence in architecure |
| DOI: | 10.26190/unsworks/24518 |
| Popis: | An understanding of the sacred architecture of the various traditions can be approached from two complementary but opposite poles, either from the perspective of an offering toward God or as a sacred place for the approach and encounter with God. The central aim of the thesis is to explore the latter pole by making participation in the encounter central and intelligible. The relationship between the tripartite modes of being, of body, soul (mind) and spirit interacting with architecture, in what could be called the 'architectural-event', has not found specific elaboration, or been a primary focus, of the Traditionalist School who espouse the 'Sophia Perennis'. This dissertation will argue that sacred architecture can be experienced and understood as a venue for this architectural-event via various modes of participation, including participation in symbolism. While this dissertation will focus on traditional knowledge to explore participation, there are some contemporary modes of thinking, including but not limited to, phenomenology and hermeneutic theory, that while approaching limited human modes of being as the singular state of the individual body and sometimes extending to the mind and memory, do have a trajectory that allows an opening into the sacred that is not antithetical to the approach of the Traditionalist School. Further, there is an opportunity to integrate such perspectives of participation into the examination of sacred architecture. An integrated view of participation takes into account not only how such ideas are included in the discussion and knowing about sacred architecture but, more importantly, how it can be individually experienced as a whole rather than a part of the human being by all participants, believers and non-believers alike. The dissertation contributes to existing knowledge by elaborating more integrated understanding of the experiences of participation in sacred architecture and providing a method of study and integration. This may prove of value to investigating other kinds of interaction with all architecture and, possibly, of architectural environments more generally. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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