Archetypes in architecture
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10.18261/9788215046419-2020
Autor
Thiis-Evensen, Thomas
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ARCHETYPE, EXISTENTIAL EXPRESSION, AND SHARED EXPERIENCE
Typically, first impressions of a building take the form of purely qualitative
evaluations. Buildings and rooms are spontaneously characterized as 'inti-
mate', 'monumental', 'dull', 'depressing', 'spartan', etc. (Fig. 2). As a rule, it
is difficult to describe one's reaction. The assertion is simply made that
different buildings elicit different responses. One gets an immediate sense
of the whole which 'overwhelms', 'establishes a mood', and which con-
cerns the architectural expression or atmosphere. One need not be ac-
quainted with the building's functions, their meaning, or the distribution of
rooms in order to react. In this way, an overall impression of the spirit of the
building, which need not correspond to the building's function, can be
quickly apprehended.