The Emotional Power of Space

Das Theoriebuch zur Biennale. 12 conversations with Ryue Nishizawa, Jacques Herzog, Anne Holtrop, Terunoba Fujimori, Bijoy Jain, Tatiana Bilbao, Junya Ishigami, Juhani Pallasmaa, Boonserm Premthada, Smiljan Radic, Kazuyo Sejima and Alvara Siza. How does space affect our physical, psychological and emotional state? Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine explore this question through the lively and intimate form of the conversation with twelve renowned architects for whom perception and sensoriality play a central role in their work. The Emotional Power of Space gathers stories of sensibility which reveal the intuitive and irrational forces at play in our relation to space. 12 conversations Tatiana Bilbao, Terunobu Fujimori, Jacques Herzog, Anne Holtrop, Junya Ishigami, Bijoy Jain, Ryue Nishizawa, Juhani Pallasmaa, Boonserm Premthada, Smiljan Radic, Kazuyo Sejima, Álvaro Siza