{"product_id":"9783836437905","title":"Sensthetics","description":"I woke up yesterday, confused. I saw Iraq on TV, heard Beatles on the radio, and smelt my mother's curry. It was warm inside, snowing outside, and I knew at least some of my senses were lying to me. I just didn't know which ones.\u003cp\u003eIn a technologically sophisticated world our senses are constantly assaulted. Traditionally, architectural theory has had a visual bias. \"Other\" senses are considered secondary and independent of the visual. Yet, sounds seem louder in a dark room and food is tasteless with a stuffy nose; our senses are connected perceptually-what we see affects what we hear and what we smell affects what we taste.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book investigates the connections among different sense modalities and their impact on what we pay attention to in our environments. A case study in an urban plaza investigates how we construct subjective and embodied mental maps of our environments. A theoretical framework illustrates the interdependence of sensory, kinesthetic and cognitive factors, and the hier­archical and lateral relationship between sense-modalities. Case studies with architecture students explore these relationships in conceptual thinking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a \"Sensthetic Model\" -a conceptual tool to think \"across\" modalities that can help professionals and students to design, study or experience sensory environments. It is a step beyond the aesthetics of appear­ance, towards a Sensthetics of Experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037927817456,"sku":"9783836437905","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836437905_p0.jpg?v=1763687947","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836437905","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}