Metamorphism : Material Change in Architecture

ISBN-13: 9783035610192 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 320 str.

Akos Moravanszky

Opis

Materiality is a recurring and key issue in architecture. This book explains how materials are "constructed," how they become substances of our culture. Metabolic Processes follows up on the relationship between natural materials and technology, science, and sensuality. Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) made the concept of metabolic processes the key element of his theory. He referred to the fact that architectural forms originally resulting from a method of processing a material are used for other substances. For the first time, the book investigates the subject from a historic point of view whilst reflecting current interdisciplinary findings. Examples from Aalto to Zumthor illustrate the special aspects of erstwhile and contemporary material concepts.

Recenzje

"Although primarily for the discipline of architecture, Metamorphism also reaches further, aiming, by looking at architecture, to bridge the gap between material research, with its philosophically unconsidered results, and a theoretical debate about the 'new materialism' where those results are generally ignored."

"[...] as an exposition of Semper, by no means always the easiest of writers to follow, Moravánszky's betters any other that I know."

"Metamorphism is a superbly produced book. Although originally written in German, in its English version reads not at all like a translation but as a new text, and it is illustrated by the authors' own excellent photographs, all of them beautifully printed. It is a pleasure both to read and to handle."

Adrian Forty in: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians,Vol. 81 No. 2, 6/2022

O autorze

Prof.em. Ákos Moravánszky, ETH Zürich