Freud for Architects explains what Freud offers to the understanding of architectural creativity and architectural experience, with case examples from early modern architecture to the present.
Freud-s observations on the human psyche and its influence on culture and social behavior have generated a great deal of discussion since the 19th century. Yet, what Freud-s key ideas offer to the understanding of architectural creativity and experience has received little direct attention. That is partly because Freud opened the door to a place where conventional research in architecture has little traction, the unconscious. Adding to the difficulties, Freud-s collection of work is vast and daunting. Freud for Architects navigates Freud-s key ideas and bridges a chasm between architecture and psychoanalytic theory.
The book highlights Freud-s ideas on the foundational developments of childhood, developments on which the adult psyche is based. It explai
