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Overviewrootedness Discover the insights and lessons of architect Juhani Pallasmaa In Rootedness: Reflections for Young Architects, Juhani Pallasmaa delivers an insightful and expansive collection of his most compelling ideas into architecture’s position among arts and culture. Pallasmaa speaks to architecture students and young professionals, discussing each topic with sincerity and openness, suggesting what can be learned from areas of culture beyond the boundaries of familiar professional disciplines. He outlines the growing need for an architecture based in self-awareness, reconnection to the environment, and a sense of ethical responsibility. Each essay in Rootedness was initially conceived and presented as an educational lecture and has been carefully edited with clarifications, refinements, and valuable expansions. Accompanying sketches by the author emphasize the personal and intimate nature of the essays. The book also includes: Explorations of perception, creative practice, and the need for an ethical stance Thoughts, meditations, and challenges emerging from the author’s search for identity and purpose in his architectural work A wealth of references within the essays, as well as recommendations for books and films from which readers may draw further inspiration Designed for students of architecture at any age, Rootedness: Reflections for Young Architects will also inspire professional architects, designers, and those in other creative professions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Juhani Pallasmaa (Arkkitehtitoimisto Juhani Pallasmaa KY, Helsinki) , Peter MacKeithPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc Dimensions: Width: 19.10cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9781394217052ISBN 10: 1394217056 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 21 March 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsWalking in the Forest / Editor’s Foreword ix Prologue / In the Wake of Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet xv 1 LEARNING TO BE / Selfhood, Friendships, and the World 3 2 THE SPACE OF IMAGINATION / Emotion, Memory, and the Imagination 15 3 EMBODIED THINKING / Mind, Thought, and Hand 29 4 SHARED IDENTITIES / Empathy, Compassion, and Collaboration 47 5 TOUCHING THE WORLD / Hapticity, Intimacy and the Existential Sense 57 6 DWELLING IN TIME / Tradition, Newness, and Innovation 65 7 SENSORY THINKING / Peripheral Attention, Vagueness, and Uncertainty 83 8 THE ART OF LEARNING / Learning, Unlearning, and Forgetting 97 Epilogue / A Confession 113 Recommendations for Further Learning / Books and Films 125 Sketches 131ReviewsAuthor InformationJuhani Pallasmaa is one of Finland’s most distinguished architects, and an internationally recognized architectural educator. He has held positions as the Rector of the Institute of Industrial Arts, Helsinki, Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki, and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Helsinki University of Technology, and has held visiting professorships at schools of architecture around the world. Pallasmaa is the author or editor of more than 70 books, including The Thinking Hand: Existential and Embodied Wisdom in Architecture and The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture. His work The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses is widely considered a classic of architectural thought. Pallasmaa served on the Pritzker Prize in Architecture jury from 2008 to 2014. Peter MacKeith (Editor) is dean and professor of architecture at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, University of Arkansas. An ACSA Distinguished Professor, MacKeith is the author or editor of fourteen books, including previous publications authored by Juhani Pallasmaa, among them Encounters I and II, Essays in Architecture. In 2014, the President of Finland recognized MacKeith as a Knight, First Class, of the Order of the Lion, for his contributions to Finnish culture. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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