Architecture of Threshold Spaces by Laurence Kimmel - 9780367680213

Architecture of Threshold SpacesA Critique of the Ideologies of Hyperconnectivity and Segregation in the Socio-Political Context\nAuthor(s): Laurence Kimmel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367680213, 978-0367680213\nSynopsis\nThis book explores the relationship between architecture and philosophy through a discussion on threshold spaces linking public space with publicly accessible buildings. It explores the connection between exterior and interior and how this creates and affects interactions between people and the social dynamics of the city. \n\nBuilding on an existing body of literature, the book engages with critical philosophy and discusses how it can be applied to architecture. In a similar vein to Walter Benjamins descriptions of the Parisian Arcades in the nineteenth century, the book identifies the conditions under which thresholds reveal and impact social life. It utilises a wide range of illustrated.