Chapter 2: Integral Experience

Edwin Cheney House

Vocabulary of Archetypes

Integral theory’s four quadrants

Four perspectives on architectural experience

The integral context of architectural experience

Spatial organizations and natural force dynamics as interlinked

Occupant behaviors modify dynamic natural conditions

Distribution of conditions-in-space generate fields of possibilities

Native North American architecture

Underpinning backgrounds of interpretation

Nature encounters and meanings as co-arising

Interpretive backgrounds constrain possible experiences

Front Matter

1: Beyond Comfort

2: Integral Experience

3: Excited By Evidence

4: Experiential Schemas

5: Concluding Thoughts