Before I start, there is a question in my mind, does god really exist? Does god really related to architecture? Through Heidegger’s, he mentions the temple, he does so to illuminate the nature of the work of act. He believes that things presence in this world is something he defines as “truth”.
Throughout the article, Heidegger have used Greek temple as an example to show the relationship of man and god. A simple portray temple that stand in the middle of rock-cleft valley, if without congest of human, it is nothing but just a building. By the word temple, god is present in the temple. For example, one of the seven wonder of the world, the Parthenon, have preserve after thousands of years until now. It is because human believe the existence of god and that is the holy precinct, the dwelling for god.
Heidegger have introduced and defines the world as fourfold, which is the earth, sky, mortals and divinities. And the fourfold are interrelated to each others. They are the ‘mirror’ of the other, they all belong in the mirror-play. Human stay and carries out activities between the earth and sky. Building is such constructed things, which gathers a world and allow for dwelling. Heidegger wants to prove that everyday life-world really consists of concrete “thing”, rather than the abstraction of science.
Human life takes place between earth and sky in a concrete sense, and things which constitute the place have to be disclosed in their immediate presence. Whereas, landscape is a space where human life takes place. “Space” is therefore not given a priori, but provided for by location. In architecture, space is generally called the making of places.
Dwelling is a building, but building might not be a dwelling. Building that dwell people is a dwelling. Heidegger said that, building are location, and the location should admit the fourfold and install the fourfold. Admittance and installment are two aspects of spatiality as location. “The building bring the earth as the inhabit landscape close to man and t the same time place the nearness of neighborly dwelling under the expanse of the sky.” In this sentence, it shows the relation of the fourfold.
“Language, by naming beings for the first time, first brings beings to word and to appearance.” Quote by Heidegger, Heidegger’s theory of art also consider his notion of language. He can’t accept the interpretation of language as a mean of communication, based on habit and convention. Therefore, language is the original art and it does not exhaust the disclose of truth.
Previously, I have when to a temple name "Tian Hou" Temple. It is a famous chinese temple located in Kuala Lumpur. Comparing man and god in the context of dwelling, the scale, decoration, and space needed will definitely difference.
There is some similar characteristic in this picture compare to greek temple. Both of them will place in a high ground to show the difference power. Beside that, they will have a long walkways before you entering the temple to worship the god.
By comparing the human scale to the column, we know that the space of the hall is huge.
This is a small pond name of "ling guai chi". It is a pond that rear alots of turtle, because chinese people do believe that turtle symbolize of health. This one of the context between man and nature.
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