Spaces of encounter Digital autonomy and social fragmentation

摘要

Hugh Campbell's article on Hans Scharoun's Philharmonie (arq 11/2, pp. 159-166) elegantly locates the building in the political and sociological contexts of post-war Germany. It also draws attention to the influence on Scharoun's unique conceptions of architectural space of the German art historical tradition of Wolfflin, Lipps, Worringer and Arnheim and the socio-philosophical ideas of Martin Buber, whose term 'space of encounter' beautifully captures the essence of Scharoun's 'flowing, aperspectival spaces'.