Architecture in the Space of Flows

ISBN-13: 9780415585422 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 242 str.

Andrew Ballantyne

Opis

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.

Recenzje

"Provides remarkable insights into how architecture can be conceptualized not in, but 'as a space of flows'.” – Erdkunde

Spis treści

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