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> <p><b>Part I Performativity </b></p><p></p><p>1. Hesychasm, Silence and the Stillness of Mount Athos</p><p></p><ol> <br><br> <br><br><p>Interruption I: Scoring Silence-Scapes</p> <br><br> </ol><p></p><p>2. Walking in Silence / Urban Encounters</p><p></p><ol> <br><br> <i></i><p>co-authored with Stella Mygdali</p> <br><br> </ol><p></p><p>3. Hot Air Balloon Movements to Stillness: Uplifting Atmospherics and the Architecture of Flight</p><p></p><p>4. Narrating the Spatiality of Silence: Drawing from the Silence of Samuel Beckett and Andrei Tarkovsky</p><p></p><p>5. Silence in Place: An Interview with Jeff<b> </b>Malpas </p><p></p><p><b>Part II Communication</b></p><p></p><p>6. Silence, Music and Architectural Design: Stillness and Transparency in the work of Arvo Pärt and John Cage</p><p></p><ol> <br><br> <br><br><p>Interruption II: Silence, Liminality and Monastic Space</p> <br><br> </ol><p></p><p>7. Silence in Architectural Education</p><p></p><p><i>co-authored with Olga Ioannou</i></p><p></p><p>Interruption III: Silence, Emptiness and Architectural Design <i>co-authored with Iván J. Márquez Muñoz </i></p><p></p><p>8. Notating Silences and Absences </p><p></p><ol> <br><br> <i></i><p>co-authored with Rachel Armstrong, Rolf Hughes and Simone Feraccina</p> <br><br> </ol><p></p><p>9. Keeping Silent to Listen: An Interview with Alberto Pѐrez-Gόmez </p>