Structure of AtmosphereAreeb Al Musained

Definition

• Structure: • Construction Of identifiable elements,

Components, Factors, Members, parts.• Atmosphere:• Climate, Environment , Aura, Mood ,

feel 1. the envelope of gases surrounding

the earth or another planet.2. Pervading tone or mood of a place,

situation, or creative work.

In architecture , Interior Design and Spatial Design

Architects and designers use the notion of atmosphere to argue that architecture and space is designed and built

for people to use and experience.

Architectural and Interior Point of View

Jean Baudrillard Peter Zumthor

Peter Zumthor

"this singular density and mood, this feeling of presence, well-being, harmony, beauty...under whose spell I

experience what I otherwise would not experience in precisely this way".

Components Of Atmosphere

ObjectsMaterialsSoundLightColor

Peter Zumthor’s view on objects within a space is

“The idea of things that have nothing to do with me as an architect taking their place in a building, their rightful place… It’s a great help to me to imagine the future of

rooms in a house I am building, to imagine them actually in use”

(Atmospheres, p. 39).

Jean Baudrillard • The functional interior design, in Baudrillard’s

description, is created of the combination of objects. This gives interior design its function.

• Objects determine spaces of place. • The objects placed in an interior create a certain

atmosphere sought by the inhabitant. • Objects act as replacements, products of mass

production. Putting objects in a space is a means of expressing yourself.

• He was Concerned with the “objects themselves” and the discourses that surround them.

• He compared between Traditional and Modern Objects:

Peter Zumthor, (Material)

Zumthor, “Materials react with one another and have their radiance, so that the material composition gives rise

to something unique.

• Materials can be transformed in multiple ways to obtain certain atmospherics in architecture and spaces.

• Materials are also combined with other materials in a building that play with texture, colour, temperature and tone; all of which create an atmosphere and mood.

Jean Baudrillard, (Material)

Natural vs. synthetic or man made

Materials (Glass)

(Material Of The Future)

Jean Baudrillardcolor

Natural Colors• In Machines (White appliances/ Black Vehicles)

• Standard Colors Transmitted to bold colors as a sign of rebellion, and came back to a neutral pallet(Pastel)

Interior

Functional Color

• Hot and Cold• Hot and Cold/Cool colors mingle to maintain • a coherent atmosphere.

(Peter Zumthor, (Sound

“Interiors are like large instruments, collecting sound, amplifying it, transmitting it elsewhere. That has to do

with the shape peculiar to each room and with the surface of materials they contain, and the way those

materials have been applied.”

(Peter Zumthor, (Light…“Daylight, the light on things, is so moving to me that I

feel almost a spiritual quality. When the sun comes up in the morning – which I always find so marvelous… and

casts its light on things, it doesn’t feel as if it quite belongs in this world. I don’t understand light. It gives me

the feeling there’s something beyond me, something beyond all understanding ”

(Atmospheres, p. 61.)

Hypothesis

Man does not consume objects. He dominates, controls and orders them.

Baudrillard describes the modern man: Obsessed with perfect circulation of messages.

Wants everything to intercommunicate, functional and organized

Thesis

Modern interior objects are striped from their originality and became a victim of mass production

and unity.

References

• http://books.google.com.sa/books?id=0T3-3Ce5VocC&printsec=frontcover&hl=ar#v=onepage&q&f=false

• Google.com (Pictures)• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baudrillard• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Zumthor• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_(architect

ure_and_spatial_design)