Architecture as Identification of Place

The Phenomenon of Place The Structure of Place

The Spirit of Place

The Phenomenon of Place

“The existential purpose of the building (architecture) is therefore to make a site become a place, that is, to uncover the meanings potentially present in the given environment .”

Christian Norberg-Schulz

The Phenomenon of Place

“What, then, we mean with the word ‘place’?Obviously we mean something more than abstract location. We mean a totality made up of concrete things having material substance, shape, texture and colour. Together these things determine an ‘environmental character’, which is the essence of place. In

general a place is given as such a character or “atmosphere”. A place is therefore a qualitative, ‘total’ phenomenon, which we can not reduce to any of its properties, such as

spatial relationships, without losing its concrete nature out of sight.”

Christian Norberg-Schulz

The Phenomenon of Place

Outside – inside, on the ground under the sky. Hildebrandt: Gollersdorf, Chapel.

The Phenomenon of Place

Outside – inside. Giglio Castello.

Stimmung. Nordic forest near Oslo.

Inside. Old Norwegian cottage, Telemark.

The Phenomenon of Place

Stimmung. Desert village outside Khartoum.

The Phenomenon of Place

The Structure of Place

The Structure of Place

Settlement in the Landscape. Capracotta, Isernia.

Urban inside. Il Campo, Siena.

The Structure of Place

Visualization. Calcata, Lazio.

Symbolization. Petra in Jordan.

The Structure of Place

Visualization and symbolization. Castle in Alto Adige.

The Bridge . Zurich.

The Structure of Place

The Spirit of Place

Identification. Nordic winter.

The Spirit of Place

The Spirit of Place

Identification. Khartoum, Sudan.

The Spirit of Place

Sidewalk. Berlin.

SPACE AND PLACE:Architecture as Identification of Place

The Phenomenon of Place The Structure of Place

The Spirit of Place

Exam preparation:

Professor’s lecture and presentation

Farrelly, L., The Fundamentals of Architecture, AVA Publishing SA, 2007.

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You can also use the book listed in References .

Prepared by:

Dr. Sc. Nermina Mujezinovićarchitect

Literature that was used for lecture preparation / Credits & References

1. Schulz, N. C., Genius Loci, Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture, Rizzoli, Edinburgh College of Art Library