Architecture without content: [this set of studio reports is a re-edition of the original booklets, made to conclude each of the studios which were held between 2011 and 2013 ...]

Architecture without content' is architecture reduced to its very perimeter. Only the economy of the envelope determines the success of the building. Its radical frugality does not make it less critical. Economy of means is the weapon of choice to express its ideology. This set of five reports...

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Other Authors: Geers, Kersten 1975- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Bedford Press
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Summary:Architecture without content' is architecture reduced to its very perimeter. Only the economy of the envelope determines the success of the building. Its radical frugality does not make it less critical. Economy of means is the weapon of choice to express its ideology. This set of five reports collects the outcome of studios held between 2011 and 2013 at Columbia University, Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio, TU Graz and EPFL. It consists of:01 The Big Box02 Contemporary Monuments03 The Urban Paradox04 Necessary Architecture05 Places of Accumulation
ISBN:9781907414411

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