Jing Yang
How do buildings talk? Embodied experience in the Rolex Learning Centre
Yang, Jing; Hale, Jonathan; Blackman, Toby
Authors
Professor JONATHAN HALE JONATHAN.HALE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Architectural Theory
Toby Blackman
Abstract
A 3D film by Wim Wenders of the Rolex Learning Centre provides a deeper phenomenological reading of SANAA’s distinctively minimalist architecture.
The Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010, curated by Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima, co-founder of Tokyo-based practice SANAA, included a remarkable 24-minute 3D film by the German director Wim Wenders depicting the practice’s Rolex Learning Centre in Switzerland. Entitled If Buildings Could Talk the film ran in a continuous loop, without a tangible beginning or end, much like the building itself. Invited by SANAA to develop the film, Wenders found himself confronted with a new type of space which he had no prior experience of, and no vocabulary to describe: ‘The Rolex Learning Centre,’ said Wenders during a talk given at the Biennale, is more landscape than building.’
Citation
Yang, J., Hale, J., & Blackman, T. (2021). How do buildings talk? Embodied experience in the Rolex Learning Centre. arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, 25(1), 83-92. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1359135521000129
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 31, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 27, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021-03 |
Deposit Date | Apr 29, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | May 5, 2021 |
Journal | arq: Architectural Research Quarterly |
Print ISSN | 1359-1355 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 83-92 |
Series ISSN | 1359-1355 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1359135521000129 |
Keywords | Architecture, design, theory, psychology, perception, criticism |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5502374 |
Publisher URL | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/arq-architectural-research-quarterly |
Additional Information | This article has been published in a revised form in arq: Architectural Research Quarterly https://doi.org/10.1017/S1359135521000129. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution or re-use. © The Author(s) |
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