The Poetics of Space
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"When we examine a nest, we place ourselves at the origin of confidence in the world." -—Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
"The concept that corresponds to a shell is so clear, so hard, and so sure that a poet, unable simply to draw it and, reduced rather to speaking of it, is at first at a loss for images." –-Gaston Bachelard in The Poetics of Space
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The Poetics of Space (Fr: La Poétique de l'espace) is a philosophy book by Gaston Bachelard first published in French in 1958. Bachelard applies the method of phenomenology to architecture basing his analysis not on purported origins (as was the trend in enlightenment thinking about architecture) but on lived experience of architecture. He is thus led to consider spatial types such as the attic, the cellar, drawers and the like. This book implicitly urges architects to base their work on the experiences it will engender rather than on abstract rationales that may or may not affect viewers and users of architecture.
It was translated into English by Maria Jolas and published by Beacon Press.
Chapters
- The House. From Cellar to Garret. The significance of the Hut
- House and Universe
- Drawers, Chests and Wardrobes
- Nests
- Shells
- Corners
- Miniature
- Intimate Immensity
- The Dialectics of Outside and Inside
- The Phenomenology of Roundness
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