Images of the Body in Architecture

With the three focal points on the anthropometric, physiological and disciplined body, current social science theories on the history of the body are connected, the results of which have only been related to architecture in rudimentary form. The intention is a critical anthropology of architecture. On the one hand, the question is asked about the body images that historically underlie architecture, about their visualizations and their significance for the built space. On the other hand, architecture itself is considered as a social practice that conditions the body in its materiality and spatial order. The volume brings together contributions from cultural studies, architectural theory, art history, medical history, sociology, and philosophy.