Here is the paper Elisabetta Canepa and Valter Scelsi submitted to the tenth Forum ProArch promoted by the Italian Scientific Society of Architectural, Urban, and Landscape Design Professors. The conference, entitled "Le parole e le forme" ("Forms and Images," in English), took place in Genoa, November 16-18, 2023. Their proposal reconstructs the genealogy, evolution, and semantic geography of the word “atmosphere,” mapping a taxonomy of definitions and design approaches to atmosphere forged over time by the architectural culture. Atmosphere is our primary way to experience, understand, articulate, design, and teach architecture.

This paper was developed within the RESONANCES project — Architectural Atmospheres: The Emotional Impact of Ambiances Measured through Conscious, Bodily, and Neural Responses. The RESONANCES project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 101025132. The content of this text reflects only the authors’ view. The European Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.