The meanings of materials: A Phenomenological Study on the Influence of Materials on the Experience of Architecture Aimed to Address the Feeling of Alienation towards the Modern Built Environment

By establishing a phenomenological frame, this research paper demonstrates that the feeling of alienation towards the modern built environment originates from the failure of this built environment to allow man to identify himself with his own human condition, abstract ideas and natural environment. The study focuses on materials as primary...

The experience of the Sacred

Descriptive Designing: A search for awareness of space and experiences in architecture

For my graduation project in ExploreLab at the TuDelft, I have been given all the freedom to create my own assignment. With the guidance of Klaske Havik, Patrick Healy and Elise van Dooren, I have created this project which is a search for tools which can implement the experience of space within the design process. I have done this by using...