Hans Scharoun and the development of small apartment floor plans : the residential high-rises Romeo and Julia, 1954-1959 / Markus Peter and Ulrike Tillmann.

Main entry:

Peter, Markus, author.

Title & Author:

Hans Scharoun and the development of small apartment floor plans : the residential high-rises Romeo and Julia, 1954-1959 / Markus Peter and Ulrike Tillmann.

Publication:

Zurich, Switzerland : Park Books : Akademie der Künste, 2020.

Description:

232 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans, portrait ; 33 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

Romeo and Julia, two residential high-rises in Stuttgart, built 1954?59 and designed by Hans Scharoun (1893?1972), constitute the most original and far-reaching of the various attempts to re-design the entire ?process of living? that this extraordinary protagonist of Germany's modern architecture undertook. Over decades, Scharoun had woven and extensive network of research and knowledge systems as a basis for his floor-plan designs. His unpublished writings and, even more importantly, his lectures from between 1947 and 1958 reveal the countless threads of research and discourse, which his work in residential architecture referenced and absorbed. They highlight the sometimes contradictory, yet constant renewal and consolidation of his knowledge in the field of housing.00This new book, based on extensive research in collaboration with Berlin's Akademie der Künste, demonstrates how closely interlocked Romeo and Julia are with their architect's immense engagement with the topic of housing. Drawing on previously unpublished archive material held at the Akademie der Künste, the authors for the first time allow the reader an insight into Scharoun's design process. Alongside reproductions of original plans and drawings, the book features excerpts from Scharoun's unpublished text fragments. New images by Swiss architectural photographer Georg Aerni, illustrating the two towers? highly expressive appearance, round out this volume.

ISBN:

3038601578
9783038601579

Subject:

Scharoun, Hans, 1893-1972.
High-rise apartment buildings Germany Stuttgart History 20th century.
Architecture, Domestic Germany Stuttgart History 20th century.
Architecture, German 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Immeubles d'habitation en hauteur Allemagne Stuttgart Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture allemande 20e siècle.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture, German
Architecture, Modern
Buildings
High-rise apartment buildings
Stuttgart (Germany) Buildings, structures, etc.
Germany Stuttgart

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Tillmann, Ulrike, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307608
Call No.: BIB 253079
Status: Available

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