Why we need to “grasp” our surroundings: object affordance and prehension in architecture
This paper argues for a basic need for graspable “handles” to be physically present, or merely suggested in our immediate environment. Yet two of the most characteristic elements of industrial-modernist architecture, plate-glass curtain walls and minimalist surfaces, fail to match this aspect of ou...
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| Language: | English |
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Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Architecture and Urbanism |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JAU/article/view/1593 |