건축의 형태와 공간에서 나타나는 선적(線的)체험에 관한 연구

Abstract

Korean Architect, Chung-up Kim’s “Line” is a concept, a tool, and an experience in itself, which touches upon both of the formal and spatial aspects of architecture. Interestingly the recent discovery by a British neurobiologist Semir Zeki gives new insight on how Kim’s “Line” could trigger physiological sensation or the spatial imagination of movement. According to Zeki, our visual brain processes figurative lines and abstract lines differently. The figurative one moves through the ventral pathway, ‘What’ path, to recognize the shape of the line composing first, then on to other areas such as the somatomotor or somatosensory cortex, but the abstract moves through the dorsal pathway, ‘How/Where’ path, to the nearby somatosensory and somatomotor cortex, which means without formal recognition, we can directly feel the spatial sensation of direction or movement. And because both of these routes involved the sensation of movement though in different stages, as any architectural experiences presupposes movement, shedding new light on how we approach architectural sensation positively. What’s promising is the fact that Kim’s “Line” is dealt with not only at the conceptual and processual level of architecture but already at the experiential level. And with the help of neuroaesthetics, Kim’s “Lines’ may be a crucial keyword to reveal the uniqueness of Korean architecture in the near future.