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Capsules: Typology of Other Architecture
This book investigates the architectural, product design, and urban typology of the capsule which, beginning in the 1960s, broadened the concept of the basic building blocks of architecture to include a minimal living unit, called the "capsule." Here it is presented with regard to the continuity of the development of the Modern Movement, its revisionist criticism, pioneering examples, as well as contemporary examples and uses. The typology of the capsule allows us to consider this theme in terms of the architecture of resistance, with the potential to search for an "other" architecture that is embedded in our contemporaneity (manifested in small dwellings, composite structures, and container units; shelters and mobile homes in nature and the urban environment; technology transfer in high-tech designs; devices, additions, and extensions etc.). The concept of the capsule as a building element of architecture, as well as a spatial element, can therefore be regarded as having a generative potential for an architecture of personal space for the individual, forcing us to reflect on our existing living and dwelling conditions.
Austrian Identity and Modernity
Author: Elana Shapira
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date: 2025-02-20
Bringing together an interdisciplinary cast of scholars, this volume explores national and nationalist identification(s) in Austria, as they were represented through culture and design, in response to the political environment in the first half of the 20th century. Austrian Identity and Modernity addresses the processes of evolution, conflict, destruction, and critical reassembling of interrelated Austrian cultures. It discusses: - The transformation of liberal ideologies, scientific leadership, technology and social inclusion - How professional women shaped alternative collectives, art and design movements - Socialist cultural projects and national unity - The Catholic Church and politics - Antisemitism and memory culture in context - Political shifts and modern architecture and music - Migration, remigration and pluralism in Austrian culture Divided into four chronological parts, the book surveys the period from the late-19th century through to the post-WWII era. It serves to offer up innovative approaches to the concepts of nation and nationalism, as well as ground-breaking research on the roles played by regionalism, Europeanism, and migration in culture, design and the shaping of Austrian identities.
Lebbeus Woods. Experimental architecture
Author: Massimo Mucci
language: it
Publisher: LetteraVentidue Edizioni
Release Date: 2022-03-25
Nell’ampia produzione dell’architetto americano Lebbeus Woods (1940-2012), alcuni progetti risalenti alla prima metà degli anni Novanta del secolo scorso sono particolarmente rappresentativi del suo impegno nel ridefinire il ruolo po- litico dell’architettura nei processi di trasformazione della società. I tre progetti per le città di Zagabria, Sarajevo e L’Avana si distinguono per la ricerca originale e innovativa svolta dall’architetto su concetti quali freespace, free-zone, heterarchical city, fino ad arrivare a temi progettuali di più ampia portata. Lo studio di questi progetti attraverso l’uso della rappresentazione dell’architettura come strumento di analisi compositiva, permette di addentrarsi nelle procedu- re ideative e grafiche del progettista, e di chiarire i punti di contatto e le distanze rispetto alle tendenze architettoniche di quegli anni. I lavori grafici sono qui considerati espres- sioni di un pensiero teorico critico sull’architettura, elabo- rato attraverso l’uso esplorativo simultaneo del disegno e della scrittura, intrecciati tra loro su più livelli semantici in una catena di invenzioni figurative. Questo permette di riconoscere nell’opera di Woods l’uso del disegno come progetto, e di capire aspetti non conosciuti del suo linguag- gio architettonico, approfondendone la genesi compositiva all’interno di un quadro culturale caratterizzato da temi a lui vicini, come quello della experimental architecture, il Deco- struttivismo, la trasformazione.