Inthe fist decade of the 2st century thew thoughts beyond the horizon and "beneath the ski’. Throughout our world consumer goede ecplled by hyperbolic adveting techniques ere tose oar com sesousness and ise our rallectve capaci: In architcsure che applic ow of ne dial sxpeshanged ecniques curren ia he hyperbole. ‘With dhs noisy background the work of Palma evoker reece sal tude end resave— what he has once calle “The Architecture of Sen. Twig my sents to ed this work nd eflet on chou ne “Tada the "depth of our beng’ stand on thin lntaooucTion TOUCHING THE WORLD Juhani Pallesmaa In 1995 te etre a Academy Eons, London invited me to write 3 ‘lume of their“ Polemi’ sere, inthe Form ofan extended xy of 32 pages on a sbjet matter that I found pertinent inthe architectural die Course of the time The raat my lie book The Eyer of te Stn “hic nd be Sees ~ a published inthe lowing ea. “The second pat of my manuscript tok is basc ies fom an exay nse ‘An Architecture ofthe Seven Sense’, published in Aca + tbo, Questions of Poti Special ase, ay 1998, publication on Steven Hols arcitectral work, which also incaded essays by Steven Hol himself ad Albert Peres-Gémer.Asomeshat tr lecture give jn a seminar on architectural phenomendlogy atthe Royal Danish [Academy of Fine Arts in Copenkagen ia June 1995, where the three writers of Quen of Prspin presented lectures, provided the baie arguments and references forthe fist part ‘Seinen to my surpri the humble book was recived very pos ey anit became requced seadng on architectural theory courses itnumerous he facie and ht wl Ar ema, Sheet nat inter uy anne deer joy boat hacraed eeof etns pps ‘The pc yw ney bed el pe vw tol senior! tad rome ening col bo te ta ‘oration tthe erent one nan sap ‘coed ghd qe an abu ene dn ‘eal wary uae quia for dee snc? ang 10 ye dt have peed es Toe ts cre ine spears of teen ~ both pala i tems caer ling snd aching aber" hs pov pny (Ae ssa of i ne ofthe tety me en ot eee, hugh an conan nope eae a, bg sig and pot ory pens sa ough tence! a ane” ‘Wie eae eof he Si ied oe be iicace ot ete foro epee anders ere {abe tene re coma ne crabtree tentang eae ely of ah Sse the og et hat ead hat orn is ray. ape de ikng somber eedeurne do ent we yas ne “Taepincyof i adr ors ee noeatagh on The to a pip sdf vn ur bed epee ote vetlel weiner epee mary nt peers bu ae coke ny ae ie verpewene the et eps oe by hpiy a pepe wfc vison, ceed re ‘cafe with wot wares pra vector Meat te wo Apc ge the heya vo we sectors he rycen ol [AM he ty chig Vn re cette ws st ae pectin an ines al eyes se todo ttn in eed er Our oat wa wow takes place at dhe boundary pe of the self trough spciaised parts of or erelopieg memtran “The vow of Ay Montag, the antropolgi, bse ax medical exidence, cone primacy o the haptic eal 7 te ad dt sev of ou ergens oF tnedum of commie, don et fet pee Even thetanperetcomenef fe ges erin yale of maid in Tarhithe ptet of ob ee sea th Ite ese wicca diene oer af hat oem obese Tie inthe ape clon of ouch eter fe ene ® ‘ouch he every mode that ners or exec of the wad vith that of ou en vil perepions ar fied and integrated {oth api contiuum ofthe el ny body emer who Tamand vere arm cated in the werd My by ry te navel my wor notin the eneof the wing point ofthe ceva especie, bucashe SS oe Teis evident at lieenhancing? architects ha adres al the ene ularly an Sie out age of if wth ow epeince the word The eel metal ak of scectre i accommodation tnd integration. Aritecae anus the experiences of being inthe ftv andavengtens our seu fray and elf docs not mabe us inhabit worl of mer bration and aay” (ie se of sf engtened by a an architec, allows ws 0 Sage iyi te ental diersons of dreamin ad eie/ Bldg and ce rote he horizon for ee arvana one Gringo the human exten condo stead of ereting mere hye of val seduction, aches relates, meats and prec ‘beating The uate meaning of any bing beyond archectre ‘eects curconcouses back the wo nd wars our mn en tl and being/ignfean’ antec makes experince oucies ‘complet embodied and spn! eigs Ina tise reat fan tomo al meaning a> In the experience of arta pect exchange tes place end iy ‘motions and asciason tothe ware and the space end ei ata, which entices and emancipate my peters and though. An ache ‘ectural work isnot experienced asa were of isolate ei pctures but in es filly integrated materia embodied ad spiral exvnce I lis pleasurable shapes and suvfaces moulded forthe touch of the eye and oer senses, bute alo incorporates and integrates physi and mental structures, giving our existential experience a strengthened coherence and siifcance, ibex working, bot the att and craftsman are dey engaged with (ei bodies and thei existenal experiences rather than foe a external and objected prolem/A wie architect wks with his/her ‘etre body and ens of self. Wile wrkingon a biling or an objet, {he architec is simultaneonly engaged ina reverie perspective, his/her seltimage~ or more precisely, existential experience, In creative work, « powerful ientiction and projection take paces the ere bay an rental consiution ofthe maker becomes the ite of the work Ludwig ‘Wingenstein,whoee plop ends tobe detached from body imagery acknowledges the interaction of both philoophical and architectural work vith the mage of se "Wook on pilorphy ke work in rchieczue in many respects it aly more a wsk on eae On oom nereeta toy, On ew on see ins." ‘computer i ually seen a solely beneficial invention, which eras human facasy and fates fcent design wock [wish 12 2 expres my serious concer i this expect, at lest considering dhe ue 4 rent oe of the computer in the design proces. Computer ging tends to flaien our magnificent, mulaensrysmianeous and synchronic ‘apaiies of imagination by ea the desgn proces int & passive nual manipulation, acetal journey. The computer erates a distance between the maker and the objet, whereas davig by hand aswel as ‘odelamakng put the designe into & hap contact withthe cbt or space. In our imagination, the object is simultane held in the hand sind te hed adhe aged and poe pl mae Sosa yw i Wee alo fe erat ie ‘te ne Crete wo cl fay ad en eatin, tpt sd compen A / rena er nthe expr of eign ne ry ad hap he debra spre arp ose oa “Ths teary ented he oral dene ode techie orig cots bbe nese in sed wo, tcxcbarneaety nal peepee prac Poca ailing ar cnr age of feed gers ee iy of an adel realty sem ped Eades on he nae of peer aon whch lth bjt th ce Ae cone diye arc 'pee prove ample il fr pnierlvsn a hoe mtg cen nth ery pace. The eons percept ey wich ‘Speenced ous he perf fosed ve eae ob at ‘moran esenaly a he fou imal fh hee mel cece da papal von he higher ply in pean toa janel yee? (rs carts ge ha ne he eas why hadi tur snd uta seting ef ourtine ed to male ws ke ever, in comparion with he fel mona engagement fata bil setigy, thr prey inthe Feld perp von Uncoricos peripheral pecptin arf renal grain tl and bodily expres. Perel von igre with sac whe Syed von pes us owe the spe, ing mee ec (stein a eid geo te, bene by ey creon may evenly open up new rein of ion and though fed of the implice desire of the eye fr contol and power. The lot of “+ ous can berate the ye from i ioral patrizchal domination,"Tihs want ges wet ces” Johann Wotgang von Gosh The sas sai is.” Ploich Niza “Y the bok had bum sir din, nobody wd Save hog tha eh a ind” Richard Rony? The ta of theo Bas te ata of te ft th te loth ta sii ay. trys te et tng of or and es a th Bs of smb intone ages Of ab, What is eesti he thc ct he lh abot ise ni a comes a cach aig” “owe Lis Borge “Vea te ait o tot ers anything ete ha is enn wit de eo” Maat Mesea-Pony® PART 1 Vision and Knowledge ‘Western culture, sight hs historically been regarded asthe noblest of the snes, and thinking iuelf hough of in ers of serng, Already in ‘Savieal reck hough, certainty was based on vision and isi. The jes are more exact witnesses than the eas wrote Heracius in one of| bis xgrents Pato eegarded vin as mani’ greatest gif” and he fnssed that ebial univer must be accessible to ‘the minds eye* “Avsotle,Hlewse, considered ght as the most noble of the senses "becane it approximate the ielect mos closely by vite of the fla tive materiality ofits knowing’? ‘Since the Grek pilosphical weings ofall times have abounded ‘with ocular metapors to the point that knowledge has become alo (ous wth lar vision ad light x regarded as the metaphor forth. [Aquinas even applies the notion of sight oother sensory reals a well as to intlletal cognition, "The impact of the sense of vison on phlonphy swell summed up by Pete Slterde “The ees ar the organic prototype of pilosephy. The enigma that they not oly can se ut areal abe to see themes Secine Ths gives them a prominence among the body's cognitive organs ‘5 goo part of phiowpical thinking is actly only ee rfl, € dlalectic teingoneslsee'™ During the Renaisance, the five semes seer undertod to fora a bierachial tem fom the highest sense of