Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment is the first publication in any language of the only book devoted to architecture by Henri Lefebvre. Written in 1973 but only recently discovered in a private archive, this work extends Lefebvre’s influential theory of urban space to the question of architecture. Taking the practices and perspective of habitation as his starting place, Lefebvre redefines architecture as a mode of imagination rather than a specialized process or a collection of monuments. He calls for an architecture of jouissance—of pleasure or enjoyment—centered on the body and its rhythms and based on the possibilities of the senses.

Examining architectural examples from the Renaissance to the postwar period, Lefebvre investigates the bodily pleasures of moving in and around buildings and monuments, urban spaces, and gardens and landscapes. He argues that areas dedicated to enjoyment, sensuality, and desire are important sites for a society passing beyond industrial modernization.

Lefebvre’s theories on space and urbanization fundamentally reshaped the way we understand cities. Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment promises a similar impact on how we think about, and live within, architecture.

本书是Henri Lefebvre唯一一本专门论述建筑的书，首次以任何语言出版。这部作品写于1973年，但最近才在一个私人档案中被发现，它将Lefebvre有影响力的城市空间理论延伸到了建筑问题上。Lefebvre以居住的实践和视角为出发点，将建筑重新定义为一种想象的模式，而不是一个专门的过程或纪念碑的集合。他呼吁建立一个以身体及其节律为中心、以感官的可能性为基础的快乐或享受的建筑。

通过考察从文艺复兴时期到战后时期的建筑实例，勒菲弗尔研究了在建筑和纪念碑、城市空间、花园和景观内和周围活动的身体乐趣。他认为，专门用于享受、感性和欲望的区域是一个超越工业现代化的社会的重要场所。

Lefebvre关于空间和城市化的理论从根本上重塑了我们理解城市的方式《走向享受的建筑》有望对我们思考和生活在建筑中的方式产生类似的影响。