Affective Architectures: More-Than-Representati, Micieli-Voutsinas, Person..

Taylor & Francis

Affective ArchitecturesMore-Than-Representational Geographies of Heritage\nAuthor(s): Jacque Micieli-Voutsinas, Angela M. Person\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367547134, 978-0367547134\nSynopsis\nHow do places manipulate our emotions? How are spaces affectious in their articulation and design? This book provides theoretical frameworks for exploring affective dimensions of architectural sites based on the notion that heritage, as an embodied experience, is embedded in places and spaces.\n\nDrawing together an interdisciplinary collection of essays spanning geographically diverse architectural sites including Fords Theater, the site of President Lincolns assassination; the Estadio Nacional of Santiago, Chile, where 12,000 detainees were held following the ouster of President Salvador Allende; and Unit 731, the site of a biological and chemical warfare research unit of the Imperial Japanese army in Harbin, Chin.