PHENOMENOLOGY

o PHENOMENOLOGY MAINLY REFERS TO THAT HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF DIFFERENT

SPACES .IT REFERS TO EACH AND EVERY MINUTE DETAIL THAT WILL BE A PART OF A
HUMAN EXPERIENCE OR CREATE A MEMORY OR FEELING OF SOMETHING IN
HUMAN MIND DIFFERENT PHILOSPHERS HAS DIFFERENT MEANING TO IT LIKE ONE
OF THE PHILOSOPHER NAMED HEIDEGGER SAYS THAT A BUILDING SHOULD NOT BE
UNDERSTOOD JUST AS AN OBJECT TO BE ADMIRED RATHER ,IT IS PRIMARILY PART
OF AN ONGOING HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF BUILDING AND DWELLING
o IN RECENT TIMES ARCHITECTS LIKE PETER ZUMTHOR PRACTICE PHENOMENOLOGY
IN ARCHITECTURE
o PETER ZUMTHOR - HE IS THE TYPE OF ARCHITECT WHO DESIGN MINUTE DETAILS
LIKE HANDRAILS ALSO IN HIS DESIGN AS FOR HIM EACH AND EVERY PIECE OF
ARCHITECTURE CREATES SOME HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND SENSE OF FEELING TO A
PERSONS MIND.HE TRIES TO USE THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL LIKE FEEL OF
CONCRETE ,STEEL TO THE FULL POTENCIAL TO INCLUDE PHENOMENOLOGE
THROUGH THEM.HIS BUILDING INCORPORATE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF MATERIAL AND
MODERNIST CONSTRUCTION AND DETAILING WHILE THEY EXPLORE THE TACTILE
AND SENSORY QUALITIES OF SPACE AND OTHER MATERIALS ,MAINTAINING A
MINIMALISTIC FEEL.

THERMA VALS SPA

  MAINLY HIS TWO OF THE MOST FAMOUS WORKS CORRELATE WITH THE THEORY

THERME VALS SPA AND BRUDER CLAUS CHAPEL

 THERMA VALS SPA- IT IS A SPA WHICH WAS BUILDT IN 1996 IN THE EXISTING HOTEL
OF A VILLAGE IN SWITZERLAND BY THE ARCHITECT NAMED PETER ZUMTHOR.IN THIS
WORK HE TRIED TO GET THE USER THE EXPERIENCE OF DIFFERENT NATURE OF
FORCES OF NATURE LIKE HEAT ,COOL,AIR,WATER,ETC
 HE MADE A SUNK IN A MOUNTAIN TO FORM THE SPA AS TO VISUALIZE THE FEELING
OF AHUMAN BING IN AHOT SPA HAVING A VIEW OF SUCH A COLD MOUNTAIN
ITSELF CREATES A SENSE OF CONTRASTNESS IN A PERSONS MIND

CONTRAST BETWEEN HTHE HOT BATH AND COLD MOUNTAINS

 MANY OTHER FEATURES LIKE A CAVE MADE OF STONE (USE OF MATERIAL FEEL)
LEADS FROM HOTEL TO THE SPA TO GIVE THE SENSE OF A NATURAL MOVEMENT
THROUGH MOUNTAINS .
 HE MADE PUNCHURES IN THE ROOF TO CREATE THE SENSE OF LIGHTNESS IN THE
ROOF A BUILDING
 HE USED DIFFERENT COLOR TINT IN CONCRETE WALLS LIKE RED TINT IN HOT WATER
BATH WHEREAS BLUE CONCRETE TINT IN COLD WATER BATH.
 PETER ZUMTHOR STATED “TO ME, BUILDINGS CAN HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SILENCE THAT
I ASSOCIATE WITH ATTRIBUTESSUCH AS COMPOSURE, SELF-EVIDENCE, DURABILITY,
PRESENCE, AND INTEGRITY, AND WITHW A R M T H A N D S E N S U O U S N E S S A S
W E L L A B U I L D I N G T H A T I S B E I N G I T S E L F , B E I N G A BUILDING, NOT
REPRESENTING ANYTHING, JUST BEING. THE SENSE THAT I TRY TO
INSTILL INTO MATERIALS IS BEYOND ALL RULES OF COMPOSITION, AND
THEIR TANGIBILITY, SMELL,AND ACOUSTIC QUALITIES ARE MERELY ELEMENTS OF
THE LANGUAGE WE ARE OBLIGED . "ENSE EMERGES WHEN I SUCCEED IN BRINGING
OUT THE SPECIFIC MEANINGS OF CERTAIN MATERIALS IN MY BUILDINGS, MEANINGS
THAT CAN ONLY BE PERCEIVED IN JUST THIS WAY IN THIS ONE BUILDING. #HEN I
CONCENTRATE ON A SPECIFIC SITE OR PLACE FOR WHICH I AM GOING TO DESIGN A
BUILDING, WHEN I TRY TO PLUMB ITS DEPTHS, ITS FORM,ITS HISTORY, AND ITS
SENSUOUS QUALITIES, IMAGES OF OTHER PLACES START TO INVADE THIS PROCESS
OF PRECISE OBSERVATION$ IMAGES OF PLACES I %NOW AND THAT ONCE
IMPRESSED ME, IMAGES OF ORDINARY OR SPECIAL PLACES THAT I CARRY
WITH ME ASI N N E R V I S I O N S O F S P E C I F I C M O O D S A N D
Q U A L I T I E S O F A R C H I T E C T U R A L SITUATIONS, WHICH EMANATE FROM
THE WORLD OF ART, OR FILMS, THEATER OR LITERATURE.”

 MATERIALS-“MATERIAL REACT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND HAVE TYHEIR

RADIANCE,SO THAT THE MATERIAL COMPOSITION GIVES RISE TO SOMETHING
UNIQUE .MATERIAL IS ENDLESS”.IN THEMA VALS SPA THE STRUCTURAL MATERIAL
ARE NATURAL ,STONE,WATER,METAL AND E\VEN NATURAL LIGHT PENETRATES THE
STRUCTURE .NATURAL MATERIALS ALLOW THE GLAZE TO PENETRATE THE SURFACE
AND ENABLE US TO BECOME CONCEIVED OF THE VERACITY OF THE MATTER THE
STRONG CONTRASTING SHADOWS OF THE MATERIAL ITSELF HELPS IN CREATING THE
EXPERIENCE AND ATMOSPHERE INSIDE THE COMPLEX.

STONE JOINERY IN A UNIQUE MANNER

TO CLAD THE HOTEL FROM OUTSIDE

JATIN DHINGRA
3-A
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE