The geometry of moving bodies
2.7The Geometry of Moving Bodies Alan Lewis The idea that towns and cities should be rebuilt along scientific lines, although widely held by British architects and planners during the mid…
Lucien Kroll: the door
3.3Lucien Kroll: The Door1 Translated by Peter Blundell Jones The entrance is the most sensitive place in a dwelling: it gives some idea of the identity of the inhabitants and…
Rievaulx and the Order of St Benedict
3.2Rievaulx and the Order of St Benedict Translated by Abbot Parry Figure 3.2.1 Basic layout of Rievaulx Abbey: A: church; B: cloister; C: refectory; D: chapter house Source: After a…
3 Movement as social and shared
Figure 3.0.1 Spirit path leading to the East Royal Tombs, Qing dynasty, discussed in Chapter 3.5. This view looks back from the second paifang or ceremonial gateway towards the main…
Hermann Muthesius: Wie baue ich mein Haus
1.4Hermann Muthesius: Wie Baue Ich Mein Haus Translated by Peter Blundell Jones Hermann Muthesius is best known as the author of Das englische Haus, a three-volume study published after his…
Charles Garnier: Le théâtre, Chapter 4, Staircases
1.3Charles Garnier: Le Théâtre, Chapter 4, Staircases1 Translated by Peter Blundell Jones Figure 1.3.1 Paris Opera, principal façade Source: Photograph by Peter Blundell Jones Figure 1.3.2 Paris Opera, plan at…
From foot to vehicle
2.5From Foot to Vehicle Peter Blundell Jones Walking, throughout our history, has been the way to couple the short distances traversed daily at home with longer ones to other places….
2 Movement as experienced by the individual
Figure 2.0.1 Path made by human footfall and photographed in autumn, Bamford, Derbyshire Source: Photograph by Peter Blundell Jones
The primacy of bodily experience
2.1The Primacy of Bodily Experience Peter Blundell Jones As Alva Noë has amusingly observed, science-fiction accounts about brains in jars soon have to start replacing parts of the lost body,…
Architectural promenades through the Villa Savoye
1.5Architectural Promenades through the Villa Savoye Flora Samuel The ‘promenade architecturale’ is a key term in the language of modern architecture. It appears for the first time in Le Corbusier’s…