Description
Book SynopsisSpecifically for architects, the third title in the Thinkers for Architects series examines the relevance of Luce Irigarayâs work for architecture. Eight thematic chapters explore the bodily, spatio-temporal, political and cultural value of her ideas for making, discussing and experiencing architecture. In particular, each chapter makes accessible Irigarayâs ideas about feminine and masculine spaces with reference to her key texts.
Irigarayâs theory of âsexed subjectsâ is explained in order to show how sexuality informs the different ways in which men and women construct and inhabit architecture. In addition, her ideas about architectural forms of organization between people, exterior and interior spaces, touch and vision, philosophy and psychoanalysis are explored. The book also suggests ways in which these strategies can enable architectural designers and theorists to create ethical architectures for the user and his or her physical and psychological needs
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Contexts 3. Doubles and Multiples 4. Passages and Flows 5. Diagonals, Horizontals and Asymmetry 6. Touching, Sensing 7. Bridges, Envelopes and Horizons 8. Voices, Politics and Poetics 9. Suggestions for Further Reading
