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Standpoint:
o Christian Norberg-Schulz adopt ontological base of Heideger: “Light reveals the genius loci
of a place.”~Aletheia
o This understanding follows the collapse of European Order following the World-War II
Central theme:
o Need to expand into the meaning of architecture is done by understanding this spiritual
quality that Christian Norberg-Schulz perceived as “being imbedded in the context of place”.
o “Space and Characters” can not be interpreted in purely formal or aesthetic terms, but are
intimately connected with “making”.
Assumption
o Beyond the pragmatic experimental aspects of architecture there is a specific need for a
metaphysical belief in architecture, which contribute to architecture understanding of
existential “meaning” of place.
o “the unmeasured but perceived”
o Perceptual~ Structure of concrete space identified by node, path, edge, district, and
landmark (Kevin Lynch)
o Geometrical ~ System of Place that roots in concrete situation (Paolo Portoghesi). This
correlate with Heidegger statement that “Space receive its being from location not space”
Character: general “atmosphere” which is the most comprehensive property of any place.
o Any real presence is intimately linked with characters.
o A dwelling has to be protective, an office has to be practical, an airport has to
be intelligible, a ballroom has to be festive, a church has to be solemn
o Character is defined by material and formal constitution of the place – “on how it is made” ~
technical realization (building), creative “re-vealing” (techne).
o Characters kept concept of Place as a concrete engineered/designed object, not merely
quality
Space and Character are altogether constitute “Lived Space”.
Dwelling denotes “total man-place relationship” in which human construct in their mental and
perceptual relationship between the “space” and “character” and makes it into lived space.
In the making there are two psychological functions that is involved: “Identification” and
“Orientation”
1. System of orientation: spatial structures which facilitate the development of a good
environmental image world. Where the image-making is bad good image is hard to obtain,
and cause the feeling of “being lost”
2. Identification: “to be friends with particular environment”. Southeast Asian have to “make
friend” with high-rainfall and earthquake; the Arab ~ sandy desert; the Nordic ~ fog and ice.
It is basis of human sense of belonging.
o “Architecture belong to Poetry, it helps man to dwell”
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