ABSTRACT

In this article, I offer a phenomenological examination of the communicative nature of architectural features located between the private and public spheres of the city. These include balconies, porches, doors, windows, fire escapes, and entrances, which enable important communicative practices for inhabitants and passers-by. Focusing specifically on their liminality as an elemental condition for communication, I use the umbrella term Urban Liminal Architecture and explore their simultaneous, paradoxical operative modes of connectivity and separation, along with playfulness and freedom. This builds up to the critical examination of communication in relation to architectural liminality, with a specific focus on interactions between stranger inhabitants and passers-by and ethical practices. I argue that liminal architecture contributes to the values of ‘the communicative city’ and to the understanding of the essence of communication as transmitting and sharing, while it embodies the materiality of communication. I call to view the site of urban liminal architecture as a symbol and a condition of an ethical relationship with the Other.

摘要

在本文中，我对位于城市私人和公共领域之间的建筑特征的交流性质进行了现象学检验。这些包括阳台、门廊、门、窗、防火梯和入口，它们为居民和路人提供了重要的交流实践。我特别关注它们作为交流的基本条件的阈限性，我使用了“城市阈限建筑”这个总称并探索它们同时存在的、自相矛盾的连接和分离操作模式，以及嬉戏和自由。这建立在对与建筑界限相关的交流的批判性检查上，特别关注陌生人居民和路人之间的互动以及道德实践。我认为，阈限建筑有助于“交流城市”的价值观，有助于理解交流的本质是传播和共享，同时它体现了交流的物质性。我呼吁将城市阈限建筑的场地视为与他者的道德关系的象征和条件。