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Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:59 16 August 2016 Intersections of Space and Ethos Pressing economic, environmental and social crises underline the need for a redefi nition of the dominant views, perspectives and values in the fi eld of architecture. The intellectual production of the last two decades has wit- nessed an impressive number of new design techniques and conceptual dis- placements refl ecting the dynamic and fl uid relation between man and his dwelling space. However, contemporary market forces are favouring the growth of a star system in architectural production based on technological innovation, spectacular imagery and formal acrobatics, and are neglecting the social, environmental and moral implications of spatial design. Perhaps the time has come to think anew about the possible critical intersections between space and ethos, not only as an answer to the negative consequences of modernity, but also as a remedy to the negative aspects of globalisation. The aim of the present collective volume is to enliven the ethical dimen- sions and dilemmas of architecture as they are shaped within the complexity of our times on two levels: the level of critical and refl ective discourse and the level of social and cultural reality occasioned by post-industrial modes of production and new technologies. Thirteen distinguished academics and researchers investigate the complex relations between architecture, space and ethics from divergent and interdisciplinary perspectives: philosophy, sociology, the humanities, the arts, landscape design, environmental design, urban design and architectural history and theory. Kyriaki Tsoukala is Professor of Architecture and Socio-Psychology of Space at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:59 16 August 2016 Nikolaos-Ion Terzoglou is Lecturer in Architectural Concepts and Theories at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Charikleia Pantelidou is a Researcher in Architecture and Theories of Space at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Routledge Research in Architecture The Routledge Research in Architecture series provides the reader with the latest scholarship in the fi eld of architecture. The series publishes research from across the globe and covers areas as diverse as architectural history and theory, technology, digital architecture, structures, materials, details, design, monographs of architects, interior design and much more. By mak- ing these studies available to the worldwide academic community, the series aims to promote quality architectural research. An Architecture of Parts Architects, building workers and industrialisation in Britain 1940–1970 Christine Wall Towards an Articulated Phenomenological Interpretation of Architecture Phenomenal phenomenology M. Reza Shirazi Architectural System Structures Integrating design complexity in industrialised construction Kasper Sánchez Vibæk Space Unveiled Invisible cultures in the design studio Edited by Carla Jackson Bell Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:59 16 August 2016 Architectural Temperance Spain and Rome, 1700–1759 Victor Deupi Assembling the Centre: Architecture for Indigenous Cultures Australia and beyond Janet McGaw and Anoma Pieris The Films of Charles and Ray Eames A universal sense of expectation Eric Schuldenfrei Intersections of Space and Ethos Kyriaki Tsoukala, Nikolaos-Ion Terzoglou and Charikleia Pantelidou Ars et Ingenium: The Embodiment of Imagination in Francesco di Giorgio Martini’s Drawings Pari Riahi Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:59 16 August 2016 This page intentionally left blank Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:59 16 August 2016 Intersections of Space and Ethos Edited by Kyriaki Tsoukala, Nikolaos-Ion Terzoglou and Charikleia Pantelidou Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:59 16 August 2016 First published 2015 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2015 Kyriaki Tsoukala, Nikolaos-Ion Terzoglou and Charikleia Pantelidou The right of the editors to be identifi ed as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice : Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identifi cation and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Intersections of space and ethos / [edited] by Kyriaki Tsoukala, Nikolaos-Ion Terzoglou and Charikleia Pantelidou. pages cm. — (Routledge research in architecture) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Space (Architecture)—History—20th century. 2. Space (Architecture)—History—21st century. 3. Architecture—Moral and ethical aspects. I. Tsoukala, Kyriaki, editor. II. Terzoglou, Nikolaos-Ion, editor. III. Pantelidou, Charikleia, editor. NA2765.I58 2015 720.1—dc23 2014029310 ISBN: 978-1-138-78324-9 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-76877-9 (ebk) Typeset in Sabon by Apex CoVantage, LLC Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:59 16 August 2016 Contents List of fi gures and illustration credits ix Contributors xi Acknowledgements xv Prologue: rethinking space and ethos: critical intersections xvii KYRIAKI TSOUKALA, NIKOLAOS-ION TERZOGLOU AND CHARIKLEIA PANTELIDOU PART ONE Creating architecture: between nature and culture 1 Introduction 3 CHARIKLEIA PANTELIDOU 1 The space of weather 6 JONATHAN HILL 2 In which way is ‘ethos’ revealed in space? “. ordine geometrico demonstrato” 18 KONSTANTINOS MORAITIS 3 Heritage values as means and ends of place ethics 30 VASSILIS GANIATSAS Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:59 16 August 2016 4 Ethic and ornament in the modern and contemporary age 41 CLAUDIO D. CONENNA AND KYRIAKI TSOUKALA viii Contents PART TWO Rethinking urban space: intentions and critique 57 Introduction 59 KYRIAKI TSOUKALA 5 The many-chimneyed distances: ethical prospects of urban space 62 ANGELIKI SIOLI AND ALBERTO PÉREZ-GÓMEZ 6 Access and the ethos of space 72 CHARIKLEIA PANTELIDOU 7 The Singapore Flyer: view, movement, time and modernity 82 IAIN BORDEN 8 Ethic and space in contemporary Western societies 92 KYRIAKI TSOUKALA PART THREE Human condition and space: philosophical orientations and conceptual transpositions 103 Introduction 105 NIKOLAOS-ION TERZOGLOU 9 Architecture and intellectual development 108 JOHN SHANNON HENDRIX 10 On the ethical signifi cance of space and shaping space 123 KARSTEN HARRIES 11 Architecture as the receptacle of Mitsein 138 Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:59 16 August 2016 NICHOLAS TEMPLE 12 Towards a new ethical ‘paradigm’ in the creation of spaces 150 NIKOLAOS-ION TERZOGLOU Epilogue: contemporary problems and new directions 161 KYRIAKI TSOUKALA, NIKOLAOS-ION TERZOGLOU AND CHARIKLEIA PANTELIDOU Index 167 Figures and illustration credits The authors and publishers gratefully acknowledge the following for permission to reproduce images in the book. PART ONE 1.1 William Kent, Rousham, 1737–1741. Antinous at the end of the Long Walk © Jonathan Hill 10 1.2 William Kent, Rousham, 1737–1741. Detail of Antinous at the end of the Long Walk © Jonathan Hill 11 2.1 At the outskirts of seventeenth-century Dutch cities, bourgeois’ houses summed in series of small properties, prefi gured with their adjacent gardens, the future garden cities of the twentieth century © Konstantinos Moraitis 22 2.2 In the gardens of Prince William of Orange in Het Loo Palace, the application of geometry was associated with organizational clarity © Konstantinos Moraitis 23 4.1 Swiss Re Tower in London, architect N. Foster © Kyriaki Tsoukala 50 4.2 National Stadium in Beijing, architects J. Herzog and P. de Meuron © Kyriaki Tsoukala 51 PART TWO Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:59 16 August 2016 7.1 View of the Singapore Flyer © Christopher Cheng 2013 83 7.2 View from the Singapore Flyer © Christopher Cheng 2013 85 PART THREE 11.1 View of the Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore from Via dello Studio, Florence © Photo Scala, Florence 2014 144 11.2 View of the interior of the Thermal Baths in Vals. Peter Zumthor (1990–1996) © Hélène Binet 147 This page intentionally left blank Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:59 16 August 2016 Contributors Iain Borden is Professor of Architecture and Urban Culture at the Bart- lett School of Architecture, UCL, where he is also vice-dean for Com- munications for the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment. Authored and co-edited books include Drive: Journeys through Film, Cities and Landscapes (Reaktion, 2012), Bartlett Designs: Speculating With Archi- tecture (Wiley, 2009), Manual: The Architecture and Offi ce of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (Birkhauser, 2003), Skateboarding Space and the City: Architecture and the Body (Berg, 2001, revised edition forthcom- ing), The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space (MIT, 2001) and InterSections: Architectural Histories and

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