Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 522 g
Reihe: Contemporary Buddhism
Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia's Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks
Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 522 g
Reihe: Contemporary Buddhism
ISBN: 978-0-8248-6598-6
Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Despite the ingenuity of lay and ordained visionaries like Wiriyaphan and Zhao and their colleagues Kenzo Tange, Chan-soo Park, Tadao Ando, and others discussed in this book, creators of Buddhist leisure sites often face problems along the way. Parks and museums are complex adaptive systems that are changed and influenced by budgets, available materials, local and global economic conditions, and visitors. Architects must often compromise and settle at local optima, and no matter what they intend, their buildings will develop lives of their own. Provocative and theoretically innovative, Architects of Buddhist Leisure asks readers to question the very category of “religious” architecture. It challenges current methodological approaches in religious studies and speaks to a broad audience interested in modern art, architecture, religion, anthropology, and material culture.