Although we spend more than ninety percent of our lives inside buildings, we understand very little about how the built environment affects our behavior, thoughts, emotions, and well-being. We are biological beings whose senses and neural systems have developed over millions of years; it stands to r[...]
Architects Peter Zumthor and Juhani Pallasmaa have both identified atmosphere as a core theme of architecture. This publication discusses the creation and manipulation of atmosphere in their work and that of their contemporaries.[...]