Body and Mind Shaped by Built Form: Experiences of Borobudur

Affect;Architecture;Borobudur;Experience;Phenomenology;Buddhism;Temple

Nicoara, Georgianaadvisor:Haldenby, Eric ; affiliation1:Faculty of Engineering ; Haldenby, Eric ;

University of Waterloo

关键词: Phenomenology;    Experience;    Buddhism;    Master Thesis;    Architecture;    Temple;    Borobudur;    Affect;   

Others  :  https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/bitstream/10012/13016/3/Nicoara_Georgiana.pdf

瑞士|英语

来源: UWSPACE Waterloo Institutional Repository

【 摘 要 】

This thesis takes the form of a pilgrimage to the Buddhist temple of Borobudur in Indonesia to explore therelationship between spiritual practices and physical space, in particular analyses the relationships between space,practice and affect. In this thesis space is identified as an overarching category to include the physical, social andmental environments. Practice indicates repeated engagement by the participant, and lastly, affect signifies the personalcapacity to be changed by architecture beyond the momentary interaction. The potency of affective architecture relieson a careful balance between curated architectural methods and the mindful involvement of the practitioner. Myexperience of a pilgrimage through the temple of Borobudur acts as an architectural laboratory in order to investigatefirst hand the physical architectonic elements and methods of perception which support and amplify a spiritualencounter. The goal of the thesis is to understand the potential for architecture to encourage or promote spiritualawareness to better understand the physical space of spirituality.