IX. Detail: the Haptic Realm When architecture becomes evident, haptic realm is being opened, sensory experience is being intensified and psychological dimensions start being engaged. Perception of architecture depends on materials and details and their real taste [just as a clothing style and... View full entry
VIII. Of Sound An example of a piece of music and an architecture demonstrates that music has its materiality in instruments and sound while architecture has its materiality in light and space. For instance in previous example the water is the overlapping refraction of... View full entry
Church Bells Ringing
The Orchestra
VI. Time Duration and Perception [This part of our articles provides you a basic understanding of "Duration"] Perceptual experience of architecture is a form of concentrated energy and is called lived time which is in memory but soul Media has created a dismemberment. Duration or “duree’... View full entry
III. Of Colors Colors are indeterminacy in an exact way since phenomena of colors is affected by opacity, transparency and lighting, so then it’s a different issue from colors’ wave in physics. A simple object can expose a variety of colors under the rays of sun and its... View full entry
In this special issue, Frampton's Definition of Architecture is presented. This video is one those cool ones which addresses the question "What is Architecture?" in an interesting way! There is a great difference between ARCHITECTURE and BUILDING! Kenneth Frampton is a British architect... View full entry
What is Architecture? by AD interviews
Enmeshed Experience II. Perspectival Space ( If you are a newbie student of Architecture and you have no background or partial background in phenomenology the following text is going to explain the text below: When you... View full entry
Earth Sheltered Series:Chichu Art Museum (地中美術館) View full entry
Hello! and Welcome to Radio Architect, my name is Farzam Kharvari and I'll be your host to answer the following question! "Are we, the TRANSFORMERS or are we the results of TRANSFORMATIONS of GENIUS LOCUS (the protective spirit of a place)?" But right before getting to that field we have to... View full entry
As the world is developing its way of communication, we, the architects need to be more curious on stuff around us! Rise of different philosophies around the globe, rapid growth in our awareness, transformation of communication types and many more items around are leading the ARCHITECTURE to an absolute new brand of its roots! It is time to ask: are we, the TRANSFORMERS or are we the results of TRANSFORMATIONS of GENIUS LOCUS (the protective spirit of a place)?
