What is architectural atmosphere? Inside the field of the architectural discipline, ‘atmosphere’ initially seems to be a familiar, comprehensible, and harmless word. However, by exploring its profound, intimate meaning, it reveals itself to be uncertain, ambiguous, and unintelligible. Atmosphere is a complex phenomenon because it is invisible, intangible, elusive, without physical limits, unstable, instinctive, highly subjective, and often described through metaphors. Today, the difficulty, if not even the impossibility, of resolving architecture’s atmospheric enigma is equal to the urgency of finding a clear and – if possible, scientifically grounded – understanding. The primary goal of this study was, therefore, to investigate the core meaning and the mechanisms of action of architectural atmospheres. The innovative strategy adopted was the idea of testing an interdisciplinary approach, combining architecture and cognitive neuroscience, in order to advance the scientific knowledge of architectural atmosphere.
Che cos’è l’atmosfera di un’opera architettonica? Dentro il recinto linguistico della disciplina architettonica, ‘atmosfera’ si presenta (in un primo momento) come una parola familiare, intelligibile, innocua. Solo un attimo dopo, quando si cerca di metterne meglio a fuoco il senso, si svela una parola estremamente irregolare, proteiforme, vaga. La dinamica atmosferica è, infatti, un fenomeno invisibile, incorporeo, elusivo, privo di confini fisici, complesso, mutevole, involontario, intimamente soggettivo, spesso descritto in toni metaforici. Eppure nell’epoca attuale, per quanto difficile (se non addirittura impossibile) da determinare essa appaia, si sente l’urgente necessità di farlo. Provare a comprendere il significato e i meccanismi di funzionamento della risorsa atmosferica è l’obiettivo di questo studio. Il carattere innovativo della ricerca risiede nell’adozione di un approccio interdisciplinare, capace di concertare teorie architettoniche e teorie neuroscientifiche, allo scopo di perfezionare la conoscenza – su basi scientifiche – delle atmosfere architettoniche.
Neurocosmi. La dimensione atmosferica tra architettura e neuroscienze
CANEPA, ELISABETTA
2019-05-13
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What is architectural atmosphere? Inside the field of the architectural discipline, ‘atmosphere’ initially seems to be a familiar, comprehensible, and harmless word. However, by exploring its profound, intimate meaning, it reveals itself to be uncertain, ambiguous, and unintelligible. Atmosphere is a complex phenomenon because it is invisible, intangible, elusive, without physical limits, unstable, instinctive, highly subjective, and often described through metaphors. Today, the difficulty, if not even the impossibility, of resolving architecture’s atmospheric enigma is equal to the urgency of finding a clear and – if possible, scientifically grounded – understanding. The primary goal of this study was, therefore, to investigate the core meaning and the mechanisms of action of architectural atmospheres. The innovative strategy adopted was the idea of testing an interdisciplinary approach, combining architecture and cognitive neuroscience, in order to advance the scientific knowledge of architectural atmosphere.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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