Affective Architecture. Film as a Sensory Transference Tool and an Intimacy Projection Environment

Rikke Munck Petersen (1) , Mads Farsø (2)

1 ITU - IT University of Copenhagen
2 SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences = Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

This paper elucidates how film may offer itself as a tool for both the representation and conception of space that can strengthen an alternative, phenomenological and transcendental position in architecture. Through an analysis of two films, it points to the medium of film as both a tool and an environment, based on Gernot Böhme’s ‘Raum leiblicher Anwesenheit (Böhme 2006). These films illustrate how the film’s picture frame becomes almost like a skin and through its surface and sound projects both a site and a near-sensual experience simultaneously. The medium of film as both tool and an environment thereby supports an extended sensory-intimate reflection on outer experiences and inner sensations that – in its audio-visual and time-space-based presentation – is close to a human experience. This transference and performance may lead to an extended awareness of touch, as the base for intensive projections of becoming and a new affective architecture.

Mots clés: affective architecture; atmosphere; film; intimacy; environment; architectural design

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace

Rikke Munck Petersen, Mads Farsø. Affective Architecture. Film as a Sensory Transference Tool and an Intimacy Projection Environment. Ambiances, tomorrow. Proceedings of 3rd International Congress on Ambiances. Septembre 2016, Volos, Greece, Sep 2016, Volos, Greece. p. 207 - 212. ⟨hal-01414024⟩