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Empathy, Design and Care – Intention, Knowledge and Intuition
The Example of Alvar Aalto
Looking at a historical case, Juhani Pallasmaa describes in close detail Finnish architect Alvar Aalto's work on the Paimio Sanatorium (1929–1933) in order to argue for an approach to architectural training that encourages people to design with human fragility in mind and, particularly, for the widest possible range of sense modalities so as to make the environment more responsive to human diversity. Here, Pallasmaa claims, designers will benefit from developing their empathetic and compassionate dispositions, which he regards as acquired abilities, learned through embodied engagements with people and their worlds. For Pallasmaa, however, this form of caring is increasingly difficult to sustain due to, among other things, the proliferation of building regulations and the widespread devaluation of manual skill, all of which, he argues, may undermine the empathetic potential of design.
Empathy, Design and Care – Intention, Knowledge and Intuition
The Example of Alvar Aalto
Looking at a historical case, Juhani Pallasmaa describes in close detail Finnish architect Alvar Aalto's work on the Paimio Sanatorium (1929–1933) in order to argue for an approach to architectural training that encourages people to design with human fragility in mind and, particularly, for the widest possible range of sense modalities so as to make the environment more responsive to human diversity. Here, Pallasmaa claims, designers will benefit from developing their empathetic and compassionate dispositions, which he regards as acquired abilities, learned through embodied engagements with people and their worlds. For Pallasmaa, however, this form of caring is increasingly difficult to sustain due to, among other things, the proliferation of building regulations and the widespread devaluation of manual skill, all of which, he argues, may undermine the empathetic potential of design.
Empathy, Design and Care – Intention, Knowledge and Intuition
The Example of Alvar Aalto
Bates, Charlotte (editor) / Imrie, Rob (editor) / Kullman, Kim (editor) / Pallasmaa, Juhani (author)
Care and Design ; 138-154
2016-10-20
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
empathy , methodology , architecture , Alvar Aalto , embodiment , care , health care , intuition
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