Raw: Architectural Engagements with Nature

Through cross-disciplinary explorations of and engagements with nature as a forming part of architecture, this volume sheds light on the concepts of both nature and architecture. Nature is examined in a raw intermediary state, where it is noticeable as nature, despite, but at the same time through, man's effort at creating form. This is done by approaching nature from the perspective of architecture, understood, not only as concrete buildings, but as a fundamental human way both of being in, and relating to, the world. Man finds and forms places where life may take place. Consequently, architecture may be understood as ranging from the simple mark on the ground and primitive enclosure, to the contemporary megalopolis. Nature inheres in many aesthetic forms of expression. In architecture, however, nature emerges with a particular power and clarity, which makes architecture a raw kind of art. Even though other forms of art, as well as aesthetic phenomena outside the arts, are addressed, the analogy to architecture will be evident and important. Thus, by using the concept of 'raw' as a focal point, this book provides new approaches to architecture in a broad sense, as well as other aesthetic and artistic practices, and will be of interest to readers from different fields of the arts and humanities, spanning from philosophy and theology to history of art, architecture and music.Additional ISBNs1315603659, 1472421019, 1472421027, 0367739569, 1472421000, 9781315603650, 9781472421012, 9781472421029, 9780367739560, 9781472421005Raw: Architectural Engagements with Nature 1st Edition is written by Solveig Bøe; Hege Charlotte Faber and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Raw: Architectural Engagements with Nature are 9781317071372, 1317071379 and the print ISBNs are 9780367739560, 0367739569. Additional ISBNs include 1315603659, 1472421019, 1472421027, 0367739569, 1472421000, 9781315603650, 9781472421012, 9781472421029, 9780367739560, 9781472421005.