The Pursuit of Presence in Architecture: A phenomenological narrative of Naqsh-e Jahan square of Ispahan

• Autor(a) principal: Mohammadmahdi Alizadeh
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/147945
• topic: Artes; Arts

This dissertation is in the pursuit of understanding some of the prominent phenomenological questions in architecture, and the foundations upon which a phenomenological narrative is built. To do so, the work undergoes an inverse reading of some of the important theoretic works on phenomenology and deducts the first chapter where in nine subtitles a panoramic view and an assignment of some of the prevailing phenomenological works are composed. Referring to the theoretic works of some of the renowned philosophers who laid the foundation for a phenomenological approach is of great importance in understanding the works of architects who dealt with the same topic. The questions of perception and the duality of body and mind are among the focal themes of the first chapter which are later referred to throughout the work. In a further step, the theoretical questions are discussed from the perspective of four renowned architects who have discussed and written on the topic of replicating the presence of experience in architecture. The formal approach of Alberto Campo Baeza in creating poetic architecture is juxtaposed to a more tectonic-based approach of Peter Zumthor based on personal observations. In addition the necessity to mention Alvaro Siza's approach rises, as in his work, he enhances both the formal and tectonic themes. The final stage of this dissertation is a phenomenological narrative of Naqsh-e Jahan square in the city of Ispahan. Based on the theoretical works discussed in the first chapter and the more practical approach of the second chapter, a personal narrative is recounted. Personal because an existential sense of space is based on the individual's experience, yet this personal narrative is accompanied by research papers that analyze the case study from various dimensions. Given the points, this dissertation refers to important questions which could contribute to the phenomenological discourse, especially in the Persian context.