This article investigates the ideas of New Phenomenology, as developed by Hermann Schmitz. Schmitz distinguishes between the physical body that can be seen and touched, and the felt body that is the place of affective involvement . By locating the felt body as the basis of all human experience, Schmitz radically transcends the division between subject and object in favour of understanding human relations with the world as a question of embodied communication and meaningful situations. Basic principles of philosophical phenomenology, as described by Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger, are outlined, and New Phenomenology as conceived by Schmitz is presented. The aim is to investigate the relation of human being to the built environment. The Church of St Peter in Klippan designed by Sigurd Lewerentz, the Salk Institute in San Diego designed by Louis Kahn, and the Nordic Pavilion in Venice designed by Sverre Fehn are described, analysed, and discussed through the lens of New Phenomenology. The findings are located in relation to various scholarly writings on phenomenology in architecture, and it is argued that the content of the work of architecture may be emotionally gripped as meaningful presencing in specific situations. It is concluded that – in a world where we desperately need to rethink human relation to the environment in general, and the architect’s relation to building in particular – New Phenomenology can draw attention to human and environment as intrinsically connected. As such, understanding architecture in terms of embodied communication and meaningful situations may be one way to activate environmental awareness.

Nicolai Bo Andersen

Architectural Research Quarterly

Arq publishes cutting-edge work covering all aspects of architectural endeavour. Contents include building design, urbanism, history, theory, environmental design, construction, materials, information technology, and practice. Other features include interviews, occasional reports, lively letters pages, book reviews and an end feature, Insight. Reviews of significant buildings are published at length and in a detail matched today by few other architectural journals. Elegantly designed, inspirational and often provocative, arq is essential reading for practitioners in industry and consultancy as well as for academic researchers.

Architectural Research Quarterly publishes cutting-edge research covering all aspects of architectural endeavor. The content includes building design, urbanism, history, theory, environmental design, construction, materials, information technology, and practice. Additionally, the journal features interviews, occasional reports, lively letters pages, book reviews, and a special feature called 'Insight.' Reviews of significant buildings are published in detail, unmatched by few other architectural journals today. Elegantly designed and often provocative, Architectural Research Quarterly is essential reading for practitioners in industry and consultancy, as well as for academic researchers.

《Architectural Research Quarterly》致力于发表涵盖建筑领域各个方面的前沿研究。内容包括建筑设计、城市规划、历史、理论、环境设计、施工、材料、信息技术和实践等。此外，期刊还包括访谈、偶尔的报告、生动的读者来信、书评以及一个名为“Insight”的特刊。对重要建筑的详细评审在同行中独树一帜，极少有其他建筑期刊能够匹敌。期刊设计优雅，内容富有启发性且常常引发思考，是行业从业者、顾问以及学术研究者必读的资料。

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New Phenomenology in architecture: embodied environmental communication for meaningful situations

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