The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses by Juhani Pallasmaa

The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses



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I've been rereading this slim volume and can't not share just a few great quotes. Juhani Pallasmaa says there are seven senses of humans that occur during an architectural experience and they are eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin, bone and muscles. Its significance for my life runs as deep as my optical nerve. I've referenced one of my greatest recent finds several times on this blog—The Eyes of the Skin by architect Juhani Pallasmaa. -Juhani Pallasmaa, The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses. Ones that I always come back to tend to focus on the philosophy of aesthetics, in particular Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses, In Praise of Shadows and Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence. Exploring the importance of sound and storytelling reminds me of Juhani Pallasmaa's book The Eyes of the Skin. Juhani Pallasmaa The Significance of the Shadow (in The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses). Projekt książki “The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses” ['Oczy skóry: Architektura i zmysły'], wydanej przez Instytut Architektury . The eyes of the skin: architecture and the senses. THE EYES OF THE SKIN - JUHANI PALLASMAA. News on Senses and Archite +ADD. This involves an imagined separation between the perceiver and the world, upon a separation between the real environment (existing independently of the senses) and the perceived environment, which is constructed in the mind Pallasmaa ( 1996) argues that the experience of architecture is multi-sensory; 'Every touching experience of architecture is multi-sensory; qualities of space, matter and scale are measured equally by the eye, ear, nose, skin, tongue, skeleton and muscle.