The Feeling of Space

Christopher Bardt

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MIT Press
04 February 2025

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A richly illustrated exploration of humanity's drive to shape life as a spatial project, from Plato's time to the digital era.

A richly illustrated exploration of humanity's drive to shape life as a spatial project, from Plato's time to the digital era.

Place is something real, but space is generally conceived as abstract and immaterial. In The Feeling of Space, Christopher Bardt explores this damaging modern binary and traces the contradictory impulses that have dematerialized our sense of space through history- fear and wonder; a yearning for the infinite and intimate; and the need for autonomy and belonging. Using rich illustrations and examinations of art, technology, and philosophy, Bardt argues that if we can get back to first feeling space, then we can treat space as the substance that gives agency to our intersubjectivity-the exchange of conscious and unconscious thoughts we have with others.

Expertly connecting ideas with clear examples from lived experiences, Bardt's revolutionary framework will appeal to a broad readership, particularly those who are interested in the theoretical and philosophical aspects of spaces. In an age where digital media has dissolved, instead of increased, our sense of connection, The Feeling of Space shows that when we learn to experience space as a medium as real as a place, we not only see ourselves as inherently spatialized beings, but we can also rebuild the bonds that tie us together.

By: Christopher Bardt
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 114mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9780262049368
ISBN 10: 0262049368
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 04 February 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Building the World of Space 2. From the Local to the Infinite 3. The Origins of Social Space 4. Space Shapes Us 5. Imagining Place 6. The Space of Imagination 7. Between Space and Material 8. Our Cognition of Space 9. Knowing Space: Conflicts between the Physical and Abstract 10. The Space of Discontent 11. Changing Representations of Space 12. Modernity: Space as Movement 13. Dissolving the Bounds of Space 14. From Genius Loci to Networks 15. The Space of Participation Epilogue Bibliography

Christopher Bardt is Professor of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design, a founding principal of 3six Architecture, and the author of Material and Mind (MIT Press).

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