The thinking hand : existential and embodied wisdom in architecture /
By: Pallasmaa, Juhani
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Series: AD primers: Publisher: Chichester, U.K. : Wiley, 2009Description: 159 p. : ill., plates (some col.) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0470779284 (hbk.); 9780470779286:; 9780470779286 (hbk.); 0470779292 (pbk.); 9780470779293 (pbk.).Subject(s): Architecture -- Aesthetics![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 150) and index.
Introduction : Embodied existence and sensory thought : 1. The mysterious hand : The multiple essences of the hand ; What is the hand? -- Hand, eye, brain and language ; Hand as symbol ; Gestures of the hand ; Languages of the hand -- 2. The working hand : The hand and the tool ; The hand of the craftsman ; Collaborative craftsmanship ; Architecture as workmanship -- 3. Eye-hand-mind fusion : Experimentation and the art of play ; Skill and boredom ; Eye, hand and mind -- 4. The drawing hand : Drawing and the self ; Tactility of drawing ; The computerised hand ; Primacy of touch: hapticity of self-image ; Unconscious touch in artistic experience -- 5. Embodied thinking : Creative fusion ; The work of thinking: the value of uncertainty ; Resistance, tradition and freedom ; Thinking through the senses ; Embodied memory and thought ; Existential knowledge -- 6. Body, self and mind : The body as site ; The world and self ; The world and mind ; Existential space in art -- 7. Emotion and imagination : Reality of imagination ; The gift of imagination ; Reality of art ; Art and emotion ; Artistic experience as exchange -- 8. Theory and life : Theory and meaning ; Opposition of theory and making ; Architecture as image of life ; The task of art.
Surveys the multiple essences of the hand, its biological evolution and its role in the shaping of culture, highlighting how the hand-tool union and eye-hand-mind fusion are essential for dexterity and how ultimately the body and the senses play a crucial role in memory and creative work.
Juhani Pallasmaa progresses his case for a multi-sensory approach to architecture, by taking a wider view of the role of embodiment in human existential reactions, experiences and expressions as well as the processes of making and thinking.