Abstract
This article questions how architects and urban planners can deal with atmosphere as a crucial quality of urban places. Their challenge is the mediating character of urban atmospheres; balancing between spatial and material arrangements and the embodied, perceiving subject, between urban places and the people using them. Following Arendt ‘s sensus communis, we argue that atmosphere requires a multi-perspectival view of the architectural or urban project. Literature provides a viewpoint to analyze urban spaces as well as to make projections for their future. A study using narrative tools to trace urban atmospheres in Antwerp’s former harbor docks will be discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Open City |
| Subtitle of host publication | Re-thinking the post-industrial city |
| Editors | Almudena Ribot, Enrique Espinosa, Diego Garcia-Setien, Begona De Abajo, Gaizka Altuna |
| Publisher | Actar |
| Chapter | Fabrics. Industrial Estates. Researching |
| Pages | 118-132 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781948765459 |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- urban space
- atmosphere
- literature
- architectural education
- narrative