Juha Leiviskä : una aproximación fenomenológica a su arquitectura
The interest in the impact of architecture on its inhabitants and their perception of space lead to question how the spatial experience is considered during the project phase to understand the influence of project decisions on the experience of inhabiting. In this point lies the main motivation of t...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/673985 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/673985 https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/dissertation-2117-365525 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Leiviskä, Juha Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura 72 |
| Sumario: | The interest in the impact of architecture on its inhabitants and their perception of space lead to question how the spatial experience is considered during the project phase to understand the influence of project decisions on the experience of inhabiting. In this point lies the main motivation of this thesis, whose main objective is to analyze architecture from a phenomenological approach, through three significant works of the architect Juha Leiviskä, considering sensory parameters and the haptic experience of his architecture. Thus, this research uses the local and cultural context of Finnish architecture, based on the work of Juha Leiviskä and Juhani Pallasmaa’s writings about phenomenology, to establish a dialogue between architectural theory and practice. From there, three fundamental concepts are proposed from a phenomenological approach to the architecture: place, spatiality and its phenomenon, and time. On one side, the place characteristics with its physical, cultural, and social context that allow us to explore architect’s intentions. While the analysis of built space, with its design feature, considers the phenomena that are perceived by the different senses in architecture: such as light, matter and sound; among other attributes of the projects such as geometry, the space syntax, the relationship with history and formal and stylistic aspects. Finally, time allows us to understand the perception, experience of the users, how architect’s intentions are manifested in the inhabitant’s experiences, and a more interpretative and hermeneutic conclusion of the works. In that order, the three architectural works of Juha Leiviskä that are analyzed: the Männistö Church, in Kuopio; the library, kindergarten and housing complex in Vallila; and the Bethlehem cultural center, in Palestine. Three specific works to understand his architectural process and how his architecture affects daily experiences. These projects are in two countries and in different cultures, in Finland and Palestine, which allow us to understand how the architecture adapts to different realities and different physical and socio-cultural contexts, always valuing the memory of the place and its historical relationship. Based on these projects, themes such as the relationship of architecture with the urban- or landscape- scale, with history and vernacular architecture are approached. This research also considers interdisciplinary influences, such as music and abstract painting, on the Juha Leiviskä’s architecture. The analysis of these three works has allowed to identify elements and architectural intentions that are repeated, and to verify that the creation of different atmospheres is highly related with the genius loci. Juha Leiviskä’s architecture shows a high level of sensory complexity, recognized by his mastery of natural light, the sensibility to sound and the exploration of materials, so that the analysis of his work has allowed to value the corporeal experience in architecture and the importance of considering special phenomena from the design process. This investigation concludes that Juha Leiviskä’s design process is based on a dialogue between dwell and living, between the inhabitants and the architect, in a continuum process. In addition, the phenomenological point of view of architecture can be translated to a way of educating and making architecture from spatial phenomena, to build sensitives architectures, with positive influences for our dwelling. |
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