Architecture and Silence

<p>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.</p><p></p><p>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 Pérez-Gómez.</p><p></p><p>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.</p>