In the Mi(d)st Of

• Published in: Architectural design Vol. 78; no. 3; pp. 6 - 11
• Main Author: Preston, Julieanna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.05.2008
• Subjects: "Point of View: A question of atmosphere"; 'Water Tap' in Filmic Space: Reverie and Matter; 1996; 2003; 2005; 2007; a swirling climate of intangible effects generated by a stationary object; Andy Lock; Andy Lock, Untitled, Vinyl Armchairs, 2003; atmosphere as a cultural indicator; Atmospheres; Aubrey Watzek's House; Aue Pavilion; Beijing; Ben Kelly; Charles Rice; China; Daidalos; David Nelson; Foster + Partner's Kamakura House; Freud Museum; Graeme Brooker and Sally Stone; heat; Hugh Campbell; Hélène Frichot; Joel Sanders; Karen Van Lengen; La Monte Young; Le Lan Restaurant; Le Lan Restaurant, Beijing, China, 2007; Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis (LTL Architects); light; Lilian Chee; Lois Weinthal; Malte Wagenfeld; Marian Zazeela; Mark Wigley; Mary Anne Beecher; Michel Orsoni; Michel Orsoni, “Point of View: A question of atmosphere”; mist; Olafur Eliasson; Paul James; Peter Zumthor; Peter Zumthor, Thermal Baths, Vals, Switzerland, 1996; Petra Blaisse; Philippe Starke; proximity of interior and exterior; Rachel Carley; Rachel Whiteread; Rem Koolhaas; Rochus Urban Hinkel; smell and moisture; some kind of sensuous emission of sound; some kind of sensuous emission of sound, light, heat, smell and moisture; a swirling climate of intangible effects generated by a stationary object; spatiotemporal context; Switzerland; tactile abundance; Ted Krueger; Thermal Baths; types of atmospheric practice; Untitled; Vals; Vinyl Armchairs; Walter Pichler; We just now need energy; Ying Yang; Ying Yang, ‘Water Tap’ in Filmic Space: Reverie and Matter, 2005; You have to absorb it and let it slip into your subconscious
• ISSN: 0003-8504; 1554-2769
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.666

It's in the air. The first thing that the term atmosphere evokes is in the air, the intangibility of air. A gaseous layer enveloping the planet, a zone where clouds move about, atmosphere is the invisible shroud around each object emanating (such is the meaning that the word has taken on over time) a sort of fragrance or warmth. Atmosphere is created by the particular subject matter or place – it is given off from it – and corresponds to it like a sort of spirit that floats around, revealing, betraying a certain essence of the place or subject matter, but remaining ever visible. Michel Orsoni, ‘Point of view: A question of atmosphere’, 19981. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.