Evoking atmospheres. Swiss contemporary architecture and its design’s visual expression

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  • Angélica Fernández Morales
Angélica Fernández Morales
Vol. 4 (2014), Articles, pages 53-62
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17979/bac.2014.4.0.1009
Submitted: Jul 8, 2015 Accepted: Jul 8, 2015
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Abstract

The article focuses on contemporary Swiss scene, and presents several examples of how atmospheric essence is visually expressed in architectural design. The text structure considers the relationship between atmosphere and other variables: the place, the human scale, light and air. Among the architects covered are Herzog and de Meuron, Peter Zumthor, Christian Kerez, Gigon and Guyer, Miroslav Šik and Philippe Rahm. Two approaches can be identified: an abstract and diagrammatic, and a realistic. What matters, in both cases, is the ability to evoke the experience of the designed architecture.

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