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Ambiances - Fil des documents by Joslin McKinney the 07.31.2026 at 02:00:00 AM - Favorize || Read/Unread
This article explores how concepts from the field of scenography can be applied to the recognition of affective atmospheres in familiar places. Responding to calls to develop research methodologies that attend to the first-hand experience of sensory and bodily engagement with the materiality of urban atmospheres, I explore how “found” scenographies can be a technique for registering and examining the varieties of urban atmosphere. Utilising phenomenography, I draw on scenographic thinking to develop a focus and a framework for the perception and analysis of everyday urban atmospheres. The article promotes imaginative and performative modes of bodily engagement with urban environments in order to appreciate the dynamic entanglements of bodies, spaces and materials that constitute urban environments and the potential range of affects for diverse bodies.
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Physique des ambiances en contexte
Ambiances - Fil des documents the 03.11.2026 at 01:00:00 AM - Favorize || Read/Unread
Présentation
Les ambiances architecturales et urbaines sont constituées par un ensemble complexe de perceptions sensorielles, émotionnelles et culturelles qui définissent la manière dont un espace est vécu. Elles englobent notamment des modalités physiques de l’environnement tels que la lumière, le son, les textures, les températures ou encore les odeurs, qui se composent au prisme de configurations sociales et spatiales pour créer une expérience unique. La métrologie physique des phénomènes d’ambiance, en s’appuyant sur des outils de mesure et des protocoles précis, permet d’analyser de manière effective les dimensions « objectivables » des phénomènes sensibles.
L’étude quantitative des niveaux d’éclairement, de la réverbération sonore ou des flux thermiques par exemple, offrent des informations précises sur ces phénomènes permettant une compréhension approfondie des impacts physiques sur le ressenti des usagers. C’est ce croisement entre science et perception qui pe...
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Contextual Physics of Ambiances
Ambiances - Fil des documents the 03.11.2026 at 01:00:00 AM - Favorize || Read/Unread
Presentation
Architectural ambiances encompass a complex interplay of sensory, emotional and cultural perceptions that shape how a space is experienced. Regarding their physical dimensions, ambiances include elements such as light, sound, textures, temperature and odours, which are shaped through social and spatial configurations to create a unique experience. The physical metrology of ambiance phenomena, relying on precise measurement tools and protocols, allows for an analysis of the objectifiable dimensions of sensory phenomena.
For instance, studies on lighting levels, sound reverberation or thermal flows provide designers with a deeper understanding of the physical impacts on user perceptions. This intersection of science and perception enriches the architectural design process, enabling the creation of more suitable, comfortable and stimulating spaces. By confronting measurable data with aesthetic and cultural dimensions, architecture can better address inhabi...
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Forms, Formants and Formalities: Categories for Analysing the Urban Environment
Ambiances - Fil des documents by Grégoire Chelkoff the 12.19.2025 at 01:00:00 AM - Favorize || Read/Unread
The overall thrust of this paper concerns how we analyse our environment and construct the public space through our senses. It also factors ambiance-related aspects into this analysis of built systems. The core idea underlying our approach is that when the public space is seen as more than just an abstract notion or as empty space between buildings, it acquires specific sensory contours that comprise environmental and spatial data, perceptual aspects and modes of use. We should not think of the public space as being defined a priori and should instead look at the sensory configurations within which an environment takes shape and in which public practices and behaviours play out. The field analyses focus on grasping the tangible modalities of an urban “publicness” and thereby qualifying its built systems. This involves a scale of comprehension that is tied to our field of perception and which grounds our approach, the main characteristic of which is the priority given to working on l...
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Listening to Forms, Sensing Formants
Ambiances - Fil des documents by Théo Marchal the 12.19.2025 at 01:00:00 AM - Favorize || Read/Unread
Writing about the work of someone who has been a supervisor, a colleague and a friend is never simple. Instead of attempting an overview of his whole scientific and academic work – well beyond the scope of this paper – we propose to revisit several moments in which sound shaped Grégoire Chelkoff’s conceptual and methodological developments. This text should be understood as a navigation through his ideas, gradually leading us to the notions of forms, formants and formalities, which he first developed during his PhD research (Chelkoff, 1996) and later presented in an article translated into English here. While the works discussed here gravitate around the emergence of these concepts, they belong to a wider set of scientific and pedagogical inquiries that we do not claim to retrace in full. Our aim is simply to put selected elements into perspective, offering a humble introduction and contextualisation to this publication.
Sound and public spaces
Grégoire Chelkoff was an architect, a r...