Abstract
As part of an aesthetic approach, this design-driven research crosses two methodologies to determine what is common in the perception of atmospheres. First, a case study of the Vals’ thermal baths led to the selection of five different atmospheres, which were then analyzed through Gaston Bachelard’s lens, using his bookL’Eau et les rêves. Bachelard’s literary symbols echo in the water contained in the massive stone walls of Vals to identify common generators of sensitive atmospheres. Secondly, the construction of this dialogue between Bachelard and Zumthor leads to the elaboration of a conceptual architecture project which is voluntarily emotional. This project introduces the elements that generate five ambiences identified in the case study. This design-driven research is therefore based on Grégoire Chelkoff’s theory offormantsas vectors of transmission of atmosphere, pre-existing to the experienc of a place, of an ambiance, which itself is understood as a sensitive result of the perception of the space. The present work therefore questions the role of water as a sensitive vector, from the architecture to its visitor. The goal is to determine how water, in varying manifestations, can be used by architects to create a “mise en scène” for a voluntarily emotional architecture.
Highlights
As part of an aesthetic approach, this design-driven research crosses two methodologies to determine what is common in the perception of atmospheres
The development of this thesis is constructed in two interdependent parts, the first building the second: a case study will lead to a conceptual architectural design exercise, with both parts to be interpreted through the same theoretical framework
Aesthetics, emotional architecture, sensitive ambiance, and water constitute the themes discussed
Summary
The analysis allows to produce an architectural project where emotion becomes a programmatic consideration, by staging and applying these generators of atmosphere in scotch tasting pavilions; it is, in other words, a matter of analyzing a contextual aesthetic appreciation in order to use it to nourish the production of an architectural design project. This design-driven research uses Gregoire Chelkoff’s notion of “formant” as a common vector of transition from the atmosphere to the ambiance in a north-western cultural context
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