Architecture and Silence

This book explores the role of silence in how we design, present and experi-ence architecture.Grounded in phenomenological theory, the book builds on historical, theoretical and practical approaches to examine silence as a methodological tool of architectural research and unravel the experiential qualities of the design process. Distinct from an entirely soundless experience, silence is proposed as a material condition organically incorporated into the built and natural landscape. Kakalis argues that, either human or atmospheric, silence is a condition of waiting for a sound to be born or a new spatio-temporal event to emerge. In silence, therefore, we are attentive and attuned to the atmos-phere of a place. The book unpacks a series of stories of silence in religious topographies, urban landscapes, film and theatre productions and architec-tural education with contributed chapters and interviews with Jeff Malpas and Alberto P�rez-G�mez. Aimed at postgraduate students, scholars and researchers in architectural theory, it shows how performative and atmospheric qualities of silence can build a new understanding of architectural experience. Additional ISBNs 1138345571, 042943782X, 0367784262, 9781138345577, 9780429437823, 9780367784263Architecture and Silence 1st Edition is written by Christos P. Kakalis and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Architecture and Silence are 9780429795190, 042979519X and the print ISBNs are 9781138345577, 1138345571. Additional ISBNs include 1138345571, 042943782X, 0367784262, 9781138345577, 9780429437823, 9780367784263.