Heidegger's Thinking on Architecture

The article is about Heidegger's thinking on architecture from a philosophical view. He see that architecture did not portray anything but is presenting the environment or the surrounding, it make the surrounding visible to people. Heidegger use a Greek temple as example where the God are not inside the temple, whereas the architecture or the building itself make people feel like the God are inside.I agree in this, because in my opinion, architecture itself is a 'tool' for an architect or builder to visualize the environment or the surrounding landscape with a design or construction of work. The building standing within a space or an environment will bend with the surrounding and at the same time bring the nature environment close to human.

Heidegger also said that architecture is an art of work. Ya, for me, its true that architecture is a work of art and where it is a combination of design and work / construction. As an architect, we have to study not only the requirement of an space, but we also need to study about the nature of the surrounding space where we to consider whether our design will bend with the environment or not. In this point, for me, a concept of a building is not abstract, design itself is abstract by mean of, when we design a building / an architecture work in a area or site, we need something to be our inspiration, that what i mean as concept because we cannot simply design something which is not suitable to our site. But, we can show our concept by abstracting it in our design.

Next, Heidegger said that architecture is a 'bridge' or an 'equipment' which visualize the man environment, for example, 'a bridge gathers the earth as landscape around the stream.' i agree with him because an architecture's work will bring the surrounding environment come into presence to the people. for example, the Falling Water by Frank Lloyd Wright, the building at the falling water had increase the presence of the surrounding environment where the building had match with the surrounding.

The next thing is language. Heidegger see that language actually is 'tool' or way to express the sense of art or architecture. In my opinion, language is a way for us, as human besides to communicate with each other, its also a tool for us get to learn and to know things, the things here is architecture. If without language, we wouldn't know the important parts of a buildings, the relationship between the joints, and also the materials been used. Language have opened up our knowledge and understanding of not just architecture. but also the world.In simple, architecture bring the landscape out.

On the other hands, Heidegger also saying that architecture bring the landscape to man where an architecture will make the surrounding landscape to be realized. In my opinion, architecture makes human life takes places in an inhabited area or environment where the landscape comes into the vision of human. Architecture are also creating a place out of a space at the same time creating a space out of a place for human to dwell in. For example, architecture created a temple in a space for human to pray to the God whereas the space enclose inside serve as a space for God and human to communicate with.

In conclusion, architecture is a 'tool' or 'equipment' for human to realize or visualize the nature environment where these two elements rely to each other.