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The enclosed garden, or hortus conclusus, is a place where architecture, architectural elements, and landscape, come together. It has a long history, ranging from the paradise garden and cloister, the botanic garden and the giardini segreto, the kitchen garden and the stage for social display, to its many modern forms; the city retreat, the redemptive garden, and the(...)
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The enclosed garden, or hortus conclusus, is a place where architecture, architectural elements, and landscape, come together. It has a long history, ranging from the paradise garden and cloister, the botanic garden and the giardini segreto, the kitchen garden and the stage for social display, to its many modern forms; the city retreat, the redemptive garden, and the(...)
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Captured landscape : the paradox of the enclosed garden
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The enclosed garden, or hortus conclusus, is a place where architecture, architectural elements, and landscape, come together. It has a long history, ranging from the paradise garden and cloister, the botanic garden and the giardini segreto, the kitchen garden and the stage for social display, to its many modern forms; the city retreat, the redemptive garden, and the deconstructed building. By its nature it is ambiguous. Is it an outdoor room, or captured landscape; is it garden or architecture?
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The enclosed garden, or hortus conclusus, is a place where architecture, architectural elements, and landscape, come together. It has a long history, ranging from the paradise garden and cloister, the botanic garden and the giardini segreto, the kitchen garden and the stage for social display, to its many modern forms; the city retreat, the redemptive garden, and the deconstructed building. By its nature it is ambiguous. Is it an outdoor room, or captured landscape; is it garden or architecture?
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Landscape Theory
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With contributions from some of the world's most advanced thinkers on this subject, this book is essential reading for anyone looking at new ways of thinking about the digital within architecture. It speculates upon implications of Persistent Modelling for architectural practice, reconsidering the relationship between architectural representation and architectural(...)
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With contributions from some of the world's most advanced thinkers on this subject, this book is essential reading for anyone looking at new ways of thinking about the digital within architecture. It speculates upon implications of Persistent Modelling for architectural practice, reconsidering the relationship between architectural representation and architectural(...)
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Persistent modelling : extending the role of architectural representation
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With contributions from some of the world's most advanced thinkers on this subject, this book is essential reading for anyone looking at new ways of thinking about the digital within architecture. It speculates upon implications of Persistent Modelling for architectural practice, reconsidering the relationship between architectural representation and architectural artefact particularly in the fields of responsive and adaptive architectures.
Persistent modelling : extending the role of architectural representation
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With contributions from some of the world's most advanced thinkers on this subject, this book is essential reading for anyone looking at new ways of thinking about the digital within architecture. It speculates upon implications of Persistent Modelling for architectural practice, reconsidering the relationship between architectural representation and architectural artefact particularly in the fields of responsive and adaptive architectures.
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March 2012
March 2012
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Architectural Theory
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The temporary city
The temporary city
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Most of the professional training, thinking and strategies of architects, urban designers and planners, are strictly three-dimensional. In reality of course the city is four dimensional, and one needs to acknowledge the influence of time in planning and design strategies. Similarly, there has been relatively little analysis of the importance of interim, short-term or(...)
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Most of the professional training, thinking and strategies of architects, urban designers and planners, are strictly three-dimensional. In reality of course the city is four dimensional, and one needs to acknowledge the influence of time in planning and design strategies. Similarly, there has been relatively little analysis of the importance of interim, short-term or(...)
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The temporary city
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Most of the professional training, thinking and strategies of architects, urban designers and planners, are strictly three-dimensional. In reality of course the city is four dimensional, and one needs to acknowledge the influence of time in planning and design strategies. Similarly, there has been relatively little analysis of the importance of interim, short-term or meanwhile activities in urban areas. In an era of increasing pressure on scarce resources, we cannot wait for long-term solutions to vacancy or dereliction. Instead, we need to view temporary uses as increasingly legitimate and important in their own right. They can be a powerful tool through which we can drip-feed initiatives for incremental change as and when we have the resources while being guided by a loose-fit vision.
The temporary city
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Most of the professional training, thinking and strategies of architects, urban designers and planners, are strictly three-dimensional. In reality of course the city is four dimensional, and one needs to acknowledge the influence of time in planning and design strategies. Similarly, there has been relatively little analysis of the importance of interim, short-term or meanwhile activities in urban areas. In an era of increasing pressure on scarce resources, we cannot wait for long-term solutions to vacancy or dereliction. Instead, we need to view temporary uses as increasingly legitimate and important in their own right. They can be a powerful tool through which we can drip-feed initiatives for incremental change as and when we have the resources while being guided by a loose-fit vision.
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March 2012
March 2012
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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The city in the twenty-first century faces major challenges, including social and economic stratification, wasteful consumption of resources, transportation congestion, and environmental degradation. More than half of the world’s population lives in cities and major metropolitan areas, and in the next two decades the number of city dwellers is estimated to reach five(...)
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The city in the twenty-first century faces major challenges, including social and economic stratification, wasteful consumption of resources, transportation congestion, and environmental degradation. More than half of the world’s population lives in cities and major metropolitan areas, and in the next two decades the number of city dwellers is estimated to reach five(...)
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Sustainable urbanism and beyond: rethinking cities for the future
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The city in the twenty-first century faces major challenges, including social and economic stratification, wasteful consumption of resources, transportation congestion, and environmental degradation. More than half of the world’s population lives in cities and major metropolitan areas, and in the next two decades the number of city dwellers is estimated to reach five billion. This puts enormous pressures on transportation systems, housing stock, and infrastructure such as energy, waste, and water, which directly influences the emissions of greenhouse gases. As the long emergency awaits us, urgent questions remain: How will our cities survive? How can we combat and reconcile urban growth with sustainable use of resources for future generations to thrive? Where and how urbanism comes into the picture and what “sustainable” urban forms can do in light of these events are some of the issues Sustainable Urbanism and Beyond explores. With more than sixty essays, including contributions by Andrés Duany, Saskia Sassen, Peter Newman, Douglas Farr, Henry Cisneros, Peter Hall, Sharon Zukin, Peter Eisenman, and others, this book is a unique perspective on architecture, urban planning, environmental and urban design, exploring ways for raising quality of life and the standard of living in a new modern era by creating better and more viable places to live.
Sustainable urbanism and beyond: rethinking cities for the future
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The city in the twenty-first century faces major challenges, including social and economic stratification, wasteful consumption of resources, transportation congestion, and environmental degradation. More than half of the world’s population lives in cities and major metropolitan areas, and in the next two decades the number of city dwellers is estimated to reach five billion. This puts enormous pressures on transportation systems, housing stock, and infrastructure such as energy, waste, and water, which directly influences the emissions of greenhouse gases. As the long emergency awaits us, urgent questions remain: How will our cities survive? How can we combat and reconcile urban growth with sustainable use of resources for future generations to thrive? Where and how urbanism comes into the picture and what “sustainable” urban forms can do in light of these events are some of the issues Sustainable Urbanism and Beyond explores. With more than sixty essays, including contributions by Andrés Duany, Saskia Sassen, Peter Newman, Douglas Farr, Henry Cisneros, Peter Hall, Sharon Zukin, Peter Eisenman, and others, this book is a unique perspective on architecture, urban planning, environmental and urban design, exploring ways for raising quality of life and the standard of living in a new modern era by creating better and more viable places to live.
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April 2012
April 2012
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Urban Theory
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From a renowned musician and visual artist comes "Bicycle Diaries" - part travelogue, part journal, part photo album - a behind-the-handlebars celebration of seeing the world from the seat of a bike. Byrne is fascinated by cities, especially as visited on a trusty fold-up bicycle, and in these random musings over many years while cycling through such places as Sydney,(...)
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From a renowned musician and visual artist comes "Bicycle Diaries" - part travelogue, part journal, part photo album - a behind-the-handlebars celebration of seeing the world from the seat of a bike. Byrne is fascinated by cities, especially as visited on a trusty fold-up bicycle, and in these random musings over many years while cycling through such places as Sydney,(...)
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David Byrne : bicycle diaries
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From a renowned musician and visual artist comes "Bicycle Diaries" - part travelogue, part journal, part photo album - a behind-the-handlebars celebration of seeing the world from the seat of a bike. Byrne is fascinated by cities, especially as visited on a trusty fold-up bicycle, and in these random musings over many years while cycling through such places as Sydney, Australia; Manila, Philippines; San Francisco; or his home of New York, the former Talking Head, artist and author (True Stories) offers his frank views on urban planning, art and postmodern civilization in general. For each city, he focuses on its germane issues, such as the still troublingly clear-cut class system in London, notions of justice and human migration that spring to mind while visiting the Stasi Museum in Berlin, religious iconography in Istanbul, gentrification in Buenos Aires and Imelda Marcos's legacy in Manila. He notes that the condition of the roads reveals much about a city, like the impossibly civilized, pleasant pathways designed just for bikes in Berlin versus the fractured car-mad system of highways in some American cities, giving way to an eerie post apocalyptic landscape (e.g., Detroit). Candid and self-deprecating, Byrne offers a work that is as engaging as it is cerebral and informative
David Byrne : bicycle diaries
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From a renowned musician and visual artist comes "Bicycle Diaries" - part travelogue, part journal, part photo album - a behind-the-handlebars celebration of seeing the world from the seat of a bike. Byrne is fascinated by cities, especially as visited on a trusty fold-up bicycle, and in these random musings over many years while cycling through such places as Sydney, Australia; Manila, Philippines; San Francisco; or his home of New York, the former Talking Head, artist and author (True Stories) offers his frank views on urban planning, art and postmodern civilization in general. For each city, he focuses on its germane issues, such as the still troublingly clear-cut class system in London, notions of justice and human migration that spring to mind while visiting the Stasi Museum in Berlin, religious iconography in Istanbul, gentrification in Buenos Aires and Imelda Marcos's legacy in Manila. He notes that the condition of the roads reveals much about a city, like the impossibly civilized, pleasant pathways designed just for bikes in Berlin versus the fractured car-mad system of highways in some American cities, giving way to an eerie post apocalyptic landscape (e.g., Detroit). Candid and self-deprecating, Byrne offers a work that is as engaging as it is cerebral and informative
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January 2011
January 2011
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Urban Theory
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C’est la question de la modernité qui rassemble ces inédits et articles de Roger-Henri Guerrand. Elle offre une première lecture des champs et des méthodes que M. Guerrand a ouverts dans le domaine de l’histoire sociale, dans des textes dont la qualité scientifique n’altère en rien l’esprit caustique. Au-delà de la démocratisation de l’hygiène et du confort, l’auteur(...)
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C’est la question de la modernité qui rassemble ces inédits et articles de Roger-Henri Guerrand. Elle offre une première lecture des champs et des méthodes que M. Guerrand a ouverts dans le domaine de l’histoire sociale, dans des textes dont la qualité scientifique n’altère en rien l’esprit caustique. Au-delà de la démocratisation de l’hygiène et du confort, l’auteur(...)
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Corps et confort dans la ville moderne
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C’est la question de la modernité qui rassemble ces inédits et articles de Roger-Henri Guerrand. Elle offre une première lecture des champs et des méthodes que M. Guerrand a ouverts dans le domaine de l’histoire sociale, dans des textes dont la qualité scientifique n’altère en rien l’esprit caustique. Au-delà de la démocratisation de l’hygiène et du confort, l’auteur analyse la diffusion de l‘idée du bien-être pour tous.
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C’est la question de la modernité qui rassemble ces inédits et articles de Roger-Henri Guerrand. Elle offre une première lecture des champs et des méthodes que M. Guerrand a ouverts dans le domaine de l’histoire sociale, dans des textes dont la qualité scientifique n’altère en rien l’esprit caustique. Au-delà de la démocratisation de l’hygiène et du confort, l’auteur analyse la diffusion de l‘idée du bien-être pour tous.
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February 2012
February 2012
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Architectural Theory
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De architecti scientia : idée de nature et théorie de l'art dans le De architectura de Vitruve
De architecti scientia : idée de nature et théorie de l'art dans le De architectura de Vitruve
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Vitruve, ingénieur et mécanicien, a pensé le De architectura non comme un manuel technique destiné à des professionnels, mais comme une invitation à la réflexion pour un public de Romains cultivés chargés de superviser des travaux d'architecture, publique ou privée. Imprégné des idées hellénistiques en vogue à Rome à la fin de la République et se fondant sur la culture(...)
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Vitruve, ingénieur et mécanicien, a pensé le De architectura non comme un manuel technique destiné à des professionnels, mais comme une invitation à la réflexion pour un public de Romains cultivés chargés de superviser des travaux d'architecture, publique ou privée. Imprégné des idées hellénistiques en vogue à Rome à la fin de la République et se fondant sur la culture(...)
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De architecti scientia : idée de nature et théorie de l'art dans le De architectura de Vitruve
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Vitruve, ingénieur et mécanicien, a pensé le De architectura non comme un manuel technique destiné à des professionnels, mais comme une invitation à la réflexion pour un public de Romains cultivés chargés de superviser des travaux d'architecture, publique ou privée. Imprégné des idées hellénistiques en vogue à Rome à la fin de la République et se fondant sur la culture philosophique et scientifique de ses lecteurs, il expose une théorie de son art qui repose sur une analyse, par les lois de la mécanique, des phénomènes naturels en jeu dans la pratique de l'architecte.
De architecti scientia : idée de nature et théorie de l'art dans le De architectura de Vitruve
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Vitruve, ingénieur et mécanicien, a pensé le De architectura non comme un manuel technique destiné à des professionnels, mais comme une invitation à la réflexion pour un public de Romains cultivés chargés de superviser des travaux d'architecture, publique ou privée. Imprégné des idées hellénistiques en vogue à Rome à la fin de la République et se fondant sur la culture philosophique et scientifique de ses lecteurs, il expose une théorie de son art qui repose sur une analyse, par les lois de la mécanique, des phénomènes naturels en jeu dans la pratique de l'architecte.
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February 2012
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The fashion system
The fashion system
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In his consideration of the language of the fashion magazine—the structural analysis of descriptions of women's clothing by writers about fashion—Barthes gives us a brief history of semiology. At the same time, he identifies economics as the underlying reason for the luxuriant prose of the fashion magazine: "Calculating, industrial society is obliged to form consumers who(...)
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In his consideration of the language of the fashion magazine—the structural analysis of descriptions of women's clothing by writers about fashion—Barthes gives us a brief history of semiology. At the same time, he identifies economics as the underlying reason for the luxuriant prose of the fashion magazine: "Calculating, industrial society is obliged to form consumers who(...)
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The fashion system
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In his consideration of the language of the fashion magazine—the structural analysis of descriptions of women's clothing by writers about fashion—Barthes gives us a brief history of semiology. At the same time, he identifies economics as the underlying reason for the luxuriant prose of the fashion magazine: "Calculating, industrial society is obliged to form consumers who don't calculate; if clothing's producers and consumers had the same consciousness, clothing would be bought (and produced) only at the very slow rate of its dilapidation."
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In his consideration of the language of the fashion magazine—the structural analysis of descriptions of women's clothing by writers about fashion—Barthes gives us a brief history of semiology. At the same time, he identifies economics as the underlying reason for the luxuriant prose of the fashion magazine: "Calculating, industrial society is obliged to form consumers who don't calculate; if clothing's producers and consumers had the same consciousness, clothing would be bought (and produced) only at the very slow rate of its dilapidation."
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January 1990
January 1990
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Critical Theory
Critical Theory
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Invaluable guide to transforming the way we think about designing sustainable, transit-orientated cities.
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Invaluable guide to transforming the way we think about designing sustainable, transit-orientated cities.
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Urban transformation : transit oriented development and the sustainable city
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Invaluable guide to transforming the way we think about designing sustainable, transit-orientated cities.
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Invaluable guide to transforming the way we think about designing sustainable, transit-orientated cities.
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January 2012
January 2012
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Action architecture
Action architecture
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Conditionnée longtemps par la fabrication d'objets pour eux même selon une visée séculaire, donc faite pour durer et donner du sens ou du moins incarner des valeurs collectives, l'architecture contemporaine énonce les transformations en cours. En cela, elle est action, spectacle, enjeu de marketing tout autant que mégapolitaine, spectrale ou hyper. A lui seul, le musée(...)
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Conditionnée longtemps par la fabrication d'objets pour eux même selon une visée séculaire, donc faite pour durer et donner du sens ou du moins incarner des valeurs collectives, l'architecture contemporaine énonce les transformations en cours. En cela, elle est action, spectacle, enjeu de marketing tout autant que mégapolitaine, spectrale ou hyper. A lui seul, le musée(...)
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Action architecture
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Conditionnée longtemps par la fabrication d'objets pour eux même selon une visée séculaire, donc faite pour durer et donner du sens ou du moins incarner des valeurs collectives, l'architecture contemporaine énonce les transformations en cours. En cela, elle est action, spectacle, enjeu de marketing tout autant que mégapolitaine, spectrale ou hyper. A lui seul, le musée Guggenheim de Bilbao incarne ce processus de transformations où l'architecture devient événement au même titre que Disneyland, une stratégie de l'action et du spectaculaire dont, dès les années 1960, Guy Debord soupçonnait l'avènement. Surenchère économique, performativité, flux, hypermédias noient la notion d'oeuvre dans l'instant qui dilue toute production et accepte tous les simulacres. Auparavant lieu d'anticipation, le projet d'architecture devient le lieu de récits, de fictions que hante la technologie. Au site donné et contextuel, succèdent l'hyper- territoire et l'hyper-ville que décrivent André Corboz et Rem Koolhaas. Une technologie triomphante s'impose dans les outils mobilisés pour concevoir les édifices et les construire : aucunes des formes courbes, gauches, plissées actuelles ne seraient possibles sans d'importantes innovations permettant de les dessiner puis de les fabriquer.
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Conditionnée longtemps par la fabrication d'objets pour eux même selon une visée séculaire, donc faite pour durer et donner du sens ou du moins incarner des valeurs collectives, l'architecture contemporaine énonce les transformations en cours. En cela, elle est action, spectacle, enjeu de marketing tout autant que mégapolitaine, spectrale ou hyper. A lui seul, le musée Guggenheim de Bilbao incarne ce processus de transformations où l'architecture devient événement au même titre que Disneyland, une stratégie de l'action et du spectaculaire dont, dès les années 1960, Guy Debord soupçonnait l'avènement. Surenchère économique, performativité, flux, hypermédias noient la notion d'oeuvre dans l'instant qui dilue toute production et accepte tous les simulacres. Auparavant lieu d'anticipation, le projet d'architecture devient le lieu de récits, de fictions que hante la technologie. Au site donné et contextuel, succèdent l'hyper- territoire et l'hyper-ville que décrivent André Corboz et Rem Koolhaas. Une technologie triomphante s'impose dans les outils mobilisés pour concevoir les édifices et les construire : aucunes des formes courbes, gauches, plissées actuelles ne seraient possibles sans d'importantes innovations permettant de les dessiner puis de les fabriquer.
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February 2012
February 2012
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
