TY  - GEN
AU  - Boettger, Till
TI  - Threshold spaces : transitions in architecture analysis and design tools
SN  - 9783038215875
U1  - 720.1 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Basel
PB  - Birkhauer
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
Introduction
Creating Spaces and Thresholds    10
Topic     11
Aim    12
Outline and Structure 	 13
1. Definitions of Thresholds and Space
The Idea of Space and Spatial Perception 16
The Percipient Human   17
On the Searching Eye and the
Searching Body   18
Perception of Movement Spaces   19
Historical Threshold Spaces   20
Thresholds-Doorsills   21
The Acropolis   22
The Pantheon   25
The Gothic Portal   26
lapanese Homes   28
Arcades   30
The Dissolution of Floor Plans in the
Twentieth Century   32
Transitions in Art   33
Dan Graham: Present Continuous Past(s),
New York, 1974    34
Dani Karavan: Passages,
Portbou, Spain, 1990-94    35
Bill Viola: Threshold, Frankfurt am Main, 1992     37
Lin Yilin: Safely Maneuvering across
Lin He Road, Guangzhou, 1995     39
Dan Graham: Fun House for Munster, 1997    40
Olafur Eliasson: Green River, Stockholm, 2000.	42
Till Bcettger, Schwellenraummaschine,
Weimar, 2010   42
The Threshold as a Spatial Phenomenon      45
The Threshold Space    46
Grenzen (Borders/Boundaries/Limits)   46
Schwellen (Thresholds)    47
Threshold Spaces   48
Equipment in Threshold Spaces    50
Threshold Space Closures    51
2. Threshold Space Analyses
Spatial Notation and Spatial Analyses   54
Space as Experienced/Represented Space   55
Analysis Techniques according to Schirmbeck    55
Adaptation of the Method    57
Threshold Analysis Parameters    58
Selection of Objects for Analysis    59
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
in Cambridge, Massachusetts    61
Le Corbusier, 1961-64
Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin    69
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1962-68
Museu de Arte (MASP) in Sao Paulo     80
Lina Bo Bardi, 1957-68
Museum fur angewandte Kunst
in Frankfurt am Main    87
Richard Meier, 1979-85
Fondation Cartier in Paris       95
lean Nouvel, 1991-94
Casa da Musica in Porto     102
OMA, Rem Koolhaas and Ellen Van Loon, 1999-2005
3. Threshold Space Design Tools
Counterbalancing Pairs of Opposites     110
Open—closed    110
Delimitation    110
Sequence    112
Geometry    113
Topography    114
Materiality    115
Furnishings    116
Counterbalancing Ambiguity    117
Phases and Organization    122
Recognition    123
Approach    123
Reaching     123
Arrival     124
Orientation and Information     124
Monitoring      124
Exit      125
Sensitive Guidance    126
Positioning Thresholds    127
Private Realm    129
Essence and Potential    131
Spatial Potential     131
increased Complexity    131
Access Control—Energy Efficiency    132
The Potential of Threshold Space Design    132
Application and Outlook    133
Analyses     133
Threshold Space Designs    140
Aspirations      146
Appendix
Index    150
The Author     153
Acknowledgments    153
Illustration Credits     154



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