Care, place and architecture: a critical reading of Christian Norberg-Schulz’s architectural interpretation of Martin Heidegger’s philosophy
| dc.contributor.advisor | Peters, Walter | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Duvenage, Pieter | |
| dc.contributor.author | Auret, Hendrik Andries | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-28T08:53:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-01-28T08:53:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | English: This thesis questions the theoretical contribution of the renowned 20th century Norwegian architect and theorist, Christian Norberg-Schulz (1926-2000), by considering the cogency of his pioneering architectural ‘translation’ of the prominent German philosopher, Martin Heidegger’s (1889-1976) writings. It is argued that Norberg-Schulz neglected one of the key aspects of Heidegger’s philosophical contributions; the temporal nature of Dasein’s concerned being-in-the-world as care (Sorge). Heidegger’s concept of care simultaneously acknowledged the way human dwellers are ‘concerned about’ their mortal existence, and how they cultivate their world by ‘taking care’. Instead of referring to Heidegger’s formulation of lived temporality (as Norberg- Schulz did when describing the emplaced nature of lived spatiality), Norberg-Schulz relied on his mentor, the Swiss historian and architecture critic, Sigfried Giedion’s (1888-1968), understanding of time as ‘continuity and change’. Norberg-Schulz’s failure to develop the temporal implications of Heidegger’s ontological concept of care, constitutes the principal omission that prevents the fruition of Norberg-Schulz’s ultimate aim; transforming his “art of place” (stedskunst) into the “art of the experience of living” (2000b: 356) (livskunst). As an alternative, it is proposed that Norberg-Schulz’s art of place be elaborated upon (and re-interpreted) in terms of a new approach grounded in Heidegger’s understanding of concerned being-in-the-world; the art of care. The main contribution of this thesis consists in composing the art of care as the phenomenological ‘ground’ enabling the architectural poiesis of Dasein’s concerned (ecstatic) temporality. By grafting the art of care into the art of place, new possibilities are revealed within Norberg-Schulz’s oeuvre. In the marriage of the art of care and the art of place dwells the potential for appreciating and designing works of architecture as livskunst. Livskunst celebrates building as the care-full poiesis of human being-in-the-world. Secondary aims include formulating a comprehensive understanding of Norberg-Schulz’s theoretical contribution and describing the difficulties that ensue from engaging with time as continuity and change. The conceptual development of the art of care calls for a form of critical reading based on Heidegger’s account of the hermeneutic “circle”. Since Heidegger believed that Dasein is a “circular being”, grounded in the circular “structure of care” (1927a: 315), this hermeneutic approach offers the most appropriate way to engage with Dasein's emplaced existence within regions of concern. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | Afrikaans: Hierdie tesis ondersoek die geldigheid van die gevierde 20ste eeuse Noorweegse argitek en teoretikus, Christiaan Norberg-Schulz (1926-2000), se teoretiese nalatenskap, deur die oortuigingskrag van sy baanbrekende argitektoniese interpretasie van die Duitse filosoof, Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), se geskrewe werke te bevraagteken. Daar word aangevoer dat Norberg-Schulz nagelaat het om een van die kernaspekte van Heidegger se denke, naamlik die tydskarakter van Dasein se besorgde wees-in-die-wêreld as die wese van sorg, aan te spreek. Heidegger se konsep van Sorge dui gelyktydig op die manier waarop bewoners besorgd is oor hul steflike bestaan, en die manier waarop hulle sorg vir hul wêreld. Eerder as om Heidegger se formulering van sorgsame geleefde tyd argitektonies te ontwikkel (’n benadering wat Norberg-Schulz wel gevolg het toe hy die pleksverskanste aard van geleefde ruimte beskryf het), het Norberg-Schulz tyd verstaan as ’n wisselwerking tussen kontinuïteit en verandering; ’n idee wat gespruit het uit die werk van sy mentor, die Switserse historikus en argitektuurkritikus, Sigfried Giedion (1888-1968). Norberg-Schulz se geringskatting van die tydsimplikasies van Heidegger se ontologiese konsep van Sorge het sy uiteindelike doel, dat plekkuns (stedskunst) leefkuns (livskunst) word (2000b: 356), laat skipbreuk ly. As alternatief beoog hierdie tesis om Norberg-Schulz se plekkuns uit te brei (en te herinterpreteer) aan die hand van sorgkuns; ’n nuwe benadering geskoei op Heidegger se begrip van sorgsame wees-in-die-wêreld. Die oorspronklike bydra van hierdie tesis behels die formulering van sorgkuns as die fenomenologiese fondasie vir die argitekturele maak (poiesis) van Dasein se sorgsame (ekstatiese) tydsgebondenheid. Sorgkuns ontbloot nuwe denkrigtings binne plekkuns. Die verwewing van sorgkuns en plekkuns bewaar die moontlikheid om argitektoniese werke te waardeer en ontwerp as leefkuns. Leefkuns vier bouwerk as die sorgvuldige poiesis van menslike wees-in-die-wêreld. Sekondêre oogmerke sluit in die formulering van ’n omvattende waardering van Norberg-Schulz se teoretiese bydra en die beskrywing van die problematiese implikasies wat voortspruit uit die begrip van tyd as kontinuïteit en verandering. Die konsepsuele ontwikkeling van sorgkuns vereis ’n vorm van kritiese vertolking geskoei op Heidegger se begrip van die ‘hermeneutiese sirkel’. Aangesien Heidegger geglo het dat Dasein se wese (bewussyn) ’n sirkelgang is, en aangesien hy ook die struktuur van sorg as ’n sirkelgang beskryf het (1927a: 315), bied die hermeneutiese benadering die mees gepaste manier om Dasein se pleksverskanste bestaan binne oorde van sorg te ondersoek. | af |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/2242 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Architecture | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Art of care | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Art of place | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Art of the experience of living | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Care | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Continuity | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Christian Norberg-Schulz | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Martin Heidegger | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Phenomenology | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Place | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Thesis (Ph.D. (Architecture))--University of the Free State, 2015 | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976 | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Norberg-Schulz, Christian | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Space (Architecture) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Architecture -- Philosophy | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Care, place and architecture: a critical reading of Christian Norberg-Schulz’s architectural interpretation of Martin Heidegger’s philosophy | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_ZA |