LITERATURE

Peter Zumthor and the Felt Weight of Atmosphere

When architects speak about atmosphere, the term often slips into the abstract. It resists measurement, avoids reduction and tends to be described in metaphors. In Atmospheres, a short book adapted from a 2003 lecture, Peter Zumthor doesn’t try to define the term in technical language. Instead, he circles it

Designing Stillness: Lessons from Hans van der Laan’s Instruments of Thought

In a world saturated with noise, both physical and cognitive, spaces of stillness are becoming essential sanctuaries for the modern mind. But what makes an environment truly still? How can architecture guide perception toward a state of rest rather than stimulation? These questions find resonance in the work of Dutch