Architectural Comfort

164 pages

The study of Comfort is a prosperous discourse. The concept’s potential lies in its productive nature, engaging formal and spatial practices beyond the merely pleasing. By studying works of modern Viennese architects, historically conditioned forms from the seventeenth century up until today can be found in the act of sitting, by wandering along staircases, and through the event of opening a door consciously. Comfort is an element occuring throughout the house and depending on wider cultural landscapes. Its involvement attunes to the complexities of life and crystallises as the material
that is formed by architecture. Comfort is not prior to design, it is created through it.