Architectural visions: Reima Pietilä's nature architecture and his "shamanistic" design method

In this article I examine the architecture and architectural thinking of Finnish Academician Reima Pietilä (1923-93) in relation to his design methodology. Pietilä was an architect with an original, creative, artistic personality, who set out early in his career to develop the form language, and the...

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Main Author: Broner, Kaisa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2021]
In: Approaching religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-97
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Pietilä, Reima 1923-1993 / Architecture / Nature / Mysticism / Spirituality / Shamanism
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AE Psychology of religion
AZ New religious movements
CE Christian art
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
Further subjects:B Shamanism
B Reima Pietilä
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Summary:In this article I examine the architecture and architectural thinking of Finnish Academician Reima Pietilä (1923-93) in relation to his design methodology. Pietilä was an architect with an original, creative, artistic personality, who set out early in his career to develop the form language, and theory of modern architecture, moving it towards an organic expressionism. Finnish nature mysticism was a source of inspiration for him, and "nature architecture" one of his key concepts.
ISSN:1799-3121
Contains:Enthalten in: Approaching religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.30664/ar.98060