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The eye of the skin architecture
1. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN ARCHITECTURE
THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE ANDURBANISM (ARC61303/ARC2224)
SYNOPSIS: REACTION PAPER (MARCH 2016) [5 MARKS]
NAME: MEERA NAZREEN ID: 0309630
LECTURER: MS IDA TUTORIAL TIME: 2-4
SYNOPSIS NO: 3 READER TITLE: THE EYES OF THE SKINhe proclaim ARCHITECTURE AND
THE SENSES
AUTHOR: JUHANI PALLASMAA
This book written by Juhani Pallasmaa, highlighting the importance ofhuman’s sensory in regards to
architecture. He proclaimed that “a sensory architecture in opposition to the prevailing visual
understanding ofthe art of building.” In the second partofthe book, which is the main ofthis summary
is, Pallasmaa survey the interactions of the senses.
From Merleau-Ponty’s quote in the The Body Is the Centre, which the author of this book pointed out,
“sensory experience is unstable and alien to natural perception”, Ithink what he was trying to pointout
is that one’s experience to a building or architecture could differ from another. The experience and
understanding of an architecture would not be as impressive and significantif the experience were to
be told to you by someone else. When we go outthere and experience the architecture ourselves,we
are creating our own image for the world. Apart from that, each experience an individual go through
affects them differently.
The next part of part two is the Multi-Sensory Experience. Pallasmaa mentioned thatour vision affect
the other senses ofour body, meaning that our experience is strengthen by our multiple sensory. He
gave us an example which is through a walk in the forest.The feeling ofbeing within the forestinvoked
by peripheral vision, our other senses tingle as well.
Pallasmaa gives an example for each sense in questions through the description ofnature. By being
in nature, all of the sensory are being used, thus will completes the experience ofthe space. He also
links the sense ofsmell with memory, saying that it is the strongestmediums added to an individual’s
memory of an experience.
Basically I think that the author of this book is discussing on the importance of all the senses in a
design process. Ifan architecture possesses a greatcombination ofall the senses, itwould be further
appreciated as well as being remembered more as the experience would be unforgettable.
WORD COUNT: 331 DATE: 30th May 2016 MARK: GRADE:
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![BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN ARCHITECTURE
THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE ANDURBANISM (ARC61303/ARC2224)
SYNOPSIS: REACTION PAPER (MARCH 2016) [5 MARKS]
NAME: MEERA NAZREEN ID: 0309630
LECTURER: MS IDA TUTORIAL TIME: 2-4
SYNOPSIS NO: 3 READER TITLE: THE EYES OF THE SKINhe proclaim ARCHITECTURE AND
THE SENSES
AUTHOR: JUHANI PALLASMAA
This book written by Juhani Pallasmaa, highlighting the importance ofhuman’s sensory in regards to
architecture. He proclaimed that “a sensory architecture in opposition to the prevailing visual
understanding ofthe art of building.” In the second partofthe book, which is the main ofthis summary
is, Pallasmaa survey the interactions of the senses.
From Merleau-Ponty’s quote in the The Body Is the Centre, which the author of this book pointed out,
“sensory experience is unstable and alien to natural perception”, Ithink what he was trying to pointout
is that one’s experience to a building or architecture could differ from another. The experience and
understanding of an architecture would not be as impressive and significantif the experience were to
be told to you by someone else. When we go outthere and experience the architecture ourselves,we
are creating our own image for the world. Apart from that, each experience an individual go through
affects them differently.
The next part of part two is the Multi-Sensory Experience. Pallasmaa mentioned thatour vision affect
the other senses ofour body, meaning that our experience is strengthen by our multiple sensory. He
gave us an example which is through a walk in the forest.The feeling ofbeing within the forestinvoked
by peripheral vision, our other senses tingle as well.
Pallasmaa gives an example for each sense in questions through the description ofnature. By being
in nature, all of the sensory are being used, thus will completes the experience ofthe space. He also
links the sense ofsmell with memory, saying that it is the strongestmediums added to an individual’s
memory of an experience.
Basically I think that the author of this book is discussing on the importance of all the senses in a
design process. Ifan architecture possesses a greatcombination ofall the senses, itwould be further
appreciated as well as being remembered more as the experience would be unforgettable.
WORD COUNT: 331 DATE: 30th May 2016 MARK: GRADE:
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