Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Converging Urban Morphologies from Europe to the Middle East
Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Routledge Research in Architecture
ISBN: 978-1-041-09033-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This groundbreaking study examines courtyard architecture across Paris, Florence, Siena, Granada, and Yazd to reveal how the deliberate creation of emptiness—the "bounded void"—functions as architecture's primary generative principle. Moving beyond conventional object-based analysis, the book demonstrates that architecture's essence lies not in built form but in calibrated absence.
Through rigorous comparative analysis, readers discover how courtyards operate as environmental mediators, social organizers, and cosmological instruments across diverse cultures. The study reveals striking morphological convergences that emerge through parallel evolution rather than stylistic diffusion. Drawing on spatial cognition research, urban morphology, and phenomenological analysis, the book establishes void-focused methodology as a new theoretical framework. This paradigm shift from analyzing solid to void transforms our understanding of both historical and contemporary spatial practice, uncovering universal principles that transcend geographic and temporal boundaries.
Essential for architectural theorists questioning disciplinary orthodoxies, historians seeking alternatives to period-style categorization, and researchers investigating architecture's cognitive dimensions. The work provides both radical historiographical revision and practical insights for contemporary designers engaging with density, sustainability, and social space.
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Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced
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SECTION ONE: Introduction and Foundation Chapter I: The Courtyard as Adaptable Concept (Khosrow Bozorgi) Chapter II: Convergent Evolution in Courtyard Architecture: A Cross-Cultural Analysis (Khosrow Bozorgi) SECTION TWO: From Cross-Cultural Precedents to Archetypal Urban Formation Chapter III: Paris Courtyards: Definitions and Diversity (Peter Soppelsa) Chapter IV: The Courtyards in Florentine Domestic Architecture of the Medieval and Renaissance Periods (Gianluca Belli, translated by Khosrow Bozorgi) Chapter V: The Courtyard in the Middle Ages Civil Architecture in Siena (Fabio Gabbrielli and Michele Pellegrini, translated by Khosrow Bozorgi) Chapter VI: Granada’s Architectural Legacy: A Study of Historic Courtyards and the Alhambra (Juan Manuel Barrios Rozúa) Chapter VII: Yazd’s Spatial Hierarchies: Courtyard Typology and the Genesis of Urban Form (Khosrow Bozorgi) SECTION THREE: Synthesis and Conclusion Chapter VIII: Patterns of Spatial Consonance: Courtyard Architecture as a Collective Language (Khosrow Bozorgi)