The thinking hand
Subtitle: existential and embodied wisdom in arthitecture
By: Juhani Pallasmaa.
Series: AD primers
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, U.K
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780470779286; 9780470779293
Subjects: Architecture -- Aesthetics; Architecture -- Philosophy
Description: Surveys the multiple essences of the hand, its biological evolution and its role in the shaping of culture, highlighting how the hand-tool union and eye-hand-mind fusion are essential for dexterity and how ultimately the body and the senses play a crucial role in memory and creative work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 150) and index.