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1、ArchitectureinWordsWhatifthehouseyouareabouttoenterwasbuiltwiththeconfessedpurposeofseducingyou,ofcreatingvarioussensationsdestinedtotouchyoursoulandmakeyoureflectonwhoyouare?Couldarchitecturehavesuchpower?Generationsofarchitectsatthebeginningofmodernityassumedi
2、tcould.Fromthemid-eighteenthcenturyonwards,architectsbelievedthattheaimofarchitecturewastocommunicatethecharacterandsocialstatusoftheclientortoexpressthedestinationandpurposeofabuilding.ArchitectureinWordsexplorestheroleofarchitectureasanexpressivelanguagethrou
3、ghthetransformingnotionofcharactertheoryandlooksatthetheatreasamodelforcreatingsensuousspacesinarchitecture.Sincethebeginningoftheeighteenthcentury,thetheatrewasmorethansimplyaformofentertainment;itchangedhowindividualsrelatedtooneanotherinsociety.Actingwasnolo
4、ngerrestrictedtotheperformingstageintheatres;itbecameawaytoconductoneselfinsociety.Suchtransformationshadobviousarchitecturalrepercussionsinthedesignoftheatres,butalsointheconfigurationofthepublicandprivatedomains.Thesuccessionofspaces,thecarefulcraftingoflighti
5、ngeffectsandtheexpressiveroleofarchitecturalfeatureswereallinfluencedbyparalleldevelopmentsinthetheatre.Pelletierexaminestheroleoftheatreandfictionindefiningthenotionofcharacterineighteenth-centuryarchitecture.Shesuggeststhatwhileusuallyignoredbyinstru-mentalappl
6、ications,characterconstitutesanimportantprecedentforrestoringthecommunicativedimensionofcontemporaryarchitecture.LouisePelletierisanarchitectandAdjunctProfessorattheSchoolofArchitecture,McGillUniversity.SheisalsoFacultyLecturerattheSchoolofDesign,UniversitéduQu
7、ébecàMontréal.ArchitectureinWordsTheatre,languageandthesensuousspaceofarchitectureLouisePelletierFirstpublished2006byRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RNSimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge270MadisonAve,NewYork,NY10016Routledgeisa
8、nimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness©2006LouisePelletierThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2006.“TopurchaseyourowncopyofthisoranyofTaylor&Francis
