From situated perception to urban ambiences

From situated perception to urban ambiences

[SHS:ARCHI] Humanities and Social Sciences/Architecture, space management

[SHS:SOCIO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology

situation

quality

mood

sensory-motor schemes

background

Perception is central to the theory of ambience. Far from being one of many fields of research, perception is present throughout work inspired by ambience-oriented thinking. What models of intelligibility of perception can be used to pinpoint and clarify the notion of ambience ? Alternatively, in what respects do architectural and urban ambiences prompt us to adopt new ways of addressing the problematic of ordinary perception ? The aim of this paper is to highlight the close relation between ambience and perception. We seek to demonstrate that one of the issues for the notion of ambience is a reappraisal of the situated, sensory and practical character of perception. Three basic arguments are developed : ambience can be characterized as the quality of the situation, as a motor solicitation and as a sensory background.

Thibaud, Jean-Paul

First international Workshop on Architectural and Urban Ambient Environment, February 6-8 2002

First international Workshop on Architectural and Urban Ambient Environment, February 6-8 2002

First international Workshop on Architectural and Urban Ambient Environment, February 6-8 2002

2002

ENG

conference proceeding

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00112189

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/11/21/89/PDF/2002-JP-T-COL-Workshop-Situated.pdf

Nantes

France