Tectonic Affects in Contemporary Architecture

Abstract

The subject of “tectonic affects” has not been studied in a holistic way previously. However, affects play important roles in contemporary societies and architecture also takes place within this picture. The aim of this book is to cover the types of affects which can occur through architectonics in a holistic way through a secular point of view and with an immanent approach to the material world. These are: Poetic tectonic affects, Tectonic affects of change/time, Tectonic affects of domination. The book aims to give equal priority to both building technology and aesthetics. The book discusses the types of tectonic affects which can be mechanical as well as the presence of contradictory tectonic affects in some 21st century examples of architecture, such as 41 Cooper Square in New York.