1. Architecture as Identification of Place
The Phenomenon of Place
The Structure of Place
The Spirit of Place

2. The Phenomenon of Place

3. “The existential purpose of the building (architecture) is therefore to make a site become
a place, that is, to uncover the meanings potentially present in the given environment .”
Christian Norberg-Schulz

4. The Phenomenon of Place
“What, then, we mean with the word ‘place’?
Obviously we mean something more than abstract location. We mean a totality made
up of concrete things having material substance, shape, texture and colour. Together
these things determine an ‘environmental character’, which is the essence of place. In
general a place is given as such a character or “atmosphere”. A place is therefore a
qualitative, ‘total’ phenomenon, which we can not reduce to any of its properties, such as
spatial relationships, without losing its concrete nature out of sight.”
Christian Norberg-Schulz

5. The Phenomenon of Place
Outside – inside, on the ground under the sky.
Hildebrandt: Gollersdorf, Chapel.

6. The Phenomenon of Place
Outside – inside. Stimmung.
Giglio Castello. Nordic forest near Oslo.

7. The Phenomenon of Place
Inside.
Old Norwegian cottage, Telemark.

8. The Phenomenon of Place
Stimmung.
Desert village outside Khartoum.

9. The Structure of Place

10. The Structure of Place
Settlement in the Landscape.
Capracotta, Isernia.
Urban inside.
Il Campo, Siena.

11. The Structure of Place
Visualization.
Calcata, Lazio.
Symbolization.
Petra in Jordan.

12. The Structure of Place
Visualization and symbolization.
Castle in Alto Adige.

13. The Structure of Place
The Bridge . Zurich.

14. The Spirit of Place

15. The Spirit of Place
Identification. Nordic winter.

16. The Spirit of Place
Identification. Khartoum, Sudan.

17. The Spirit of Place
Sidewalk. Berlin.

18. SPACE AND PLACE:
Architecture as Identification of Place
The Phenomenon of Place
The Structure of Place
The Spirit of Place
Exam preparation:
Professor’s lecture and presentation
Farrelly, L., The Fundamentals of Architecture, AVA Publishing SA, 2007.
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You can also use the book listed in References .

19. Prepared by:
Dr. Sc. Nermina Mujezinović
architect
Literature that was used for lecture preparation / Credits & References
1. Schulz, N. C., Genius Loci, Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture, Rizzoli, Edinburgh College of Art Library