Acknowledging the historical dominance of architectural imagery by objective, disembodied approaches and its influence in our understanding of designed space as well as architectural practice itself, the paper addresses the need for a different perspective.
Within the phenomenological approach to designed spaces, this paper interrogates the role of photography in reflecting designed spaces as embodied, humanised
environments, where reality takes place. The writings of Pallasmaa, Zumthor and Böhme support the theoretical framework of discussing photography’s contribution to an understanding of built environments as places for embodied experience. The works of Rut Blees Luxemburg and Guy Tillim, two contemporary photographers, are examined as examples of perspectives in which the representation of atmospheres is central to the reflection on built environments as a multisensory perceptive experience.
This paper was presented at the International Conference on Design History and Studies 2018 and published in the proceedings book.
Ana Miriam Rebelo, Fátima Pombo
Back to the Future. The Future in the Past. Conference Proceedings Book.
Oriol Moret (ed.). Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona. 2018. ISBN 978-84-9168-156-4
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