# Atmospheres in Architecture (ch.4) **Opening (not a real abstract):** Weather and feelings The term atmosphere originated in meteorology, where it designates the totality of earth’s aerial envelope. However, in most European languages, this expression has for centuries also referred to the emotional tone of a space or spatial constellation. In this sense, atmosphere can be called with Elisabeth Ströker an ‘attuned space’, or with Hermann Schmitz a ‘quasi-objective feeling’. I would call atmosphere the sphere of felt bodily presence (Böhme, 2013).1 As a starting point, this term can refer to the weather but also to the felt space one finds oneself in (in dem man sich befindet). To clarify, let me give you some examples for both: What is the weather like where you are? It is a cheerful morning. There is a threatening thunderstorm. It is a gloomy day. There is an autumn chill in the air. **Authors:** [[Bohm]]