Architecture in the Space of Flows

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-415-58541-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Traditionally, architecture has been preoccupied with the resolution of form. That concern helps to make photogenic buildings, which have received a great deal of attention. This book looks instead at the idea of the flows, which connects things together and moves between things. It is more difficult to discuss, but more necessary, because it is what makes things work. Architects have to think about flow – the flow of people through buildings, the flow of energy into buildings, and waste out of them – but usually the effects of flow do not find expression. The essays gathered here present a collection of exploratory ideas and offer an understanding of buildings, people and settlements through concepts of flow.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peirce, Elizabeth

Ballantyne, Andrew

Smith, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architekturtheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Fluxion Part 1: Places in Flux 2. Theoretical, Conceptual, Ethical and Methodological Stakes to Induce a New Age: M.U.D. 3. Oceanic Spaces of Flow 4. Interpretive Flow: A 1930s Trans-Cultural Architectural Nexus 5. Solar Flow: The Uses of Light in Gold Coast Living 6. Trade Flow: Architectures of Informal Markets 7. Local Flows: Rom-Hoob’s Phenomena of Transition Part 2: Spaces of Flow 8. Controlling Flow: On the Logistics of Distributive Space 9. Temporal Flows 10. Fluid Identities: Technics of the Subject 11. Navigating Flow: Architecture of the Blogospere 12. The (Not So) Smooth Flow Between Architecture and Life Part 3: Envoi 13. Limits of Fluxion

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Ballantyne is Professor of Architecture at Newcastle University, UK. His books include What is Architecture?, Deleuze and Guattari for Architects and Architecture Theory.

Chris L. Smith is an Associate Professor in Architectural Design and Techné and is an Associate Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Sydney. His research is concerned with the interdisciplinary nexus of philosophy, biology and architectural theory.