Modern Architecture and the Mediterranean : Vernacular Dialogues and Contested Identities

ISBN-13: 9780415776332 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 320 str.

Jean-Francois Lejeune;Michelangelo Sabatino

Opis

This book considers the influence of the forms and tectonics of the Mediterranean vernacular on modern architectural practice and discourse from the 1920s to the 1960s. This is the first study to address the comprehensive influence of the Mediterranean on the work and writings of major figures of modern architecture. This essay collection can be read as an alternative history of the modern architecture and urbanism of a critical period in the twentieth century.

Recenzje

"This collection of essays is a significant step towards establishing a wider picture of modernist architecture, opening up new ideas and unexplored regions. It is an important basis for future research, and also a valuable textbook for university courses." – Antonello Alici, European Architectural History Network Newsletter

Spis treści

Preface Barry Bergdoll  Introduction: North vs South Jean-François Lejeune and Michelangelo Sabatino  Part 1: South  1. From Schinkel to Le Corbusier: The Myth of the Mediterranean in Modern Architecture Benedetto Gravagnuolo  2. The Politics of Mediterraneità in Italian Modernist Architecture Michelangelo Sabatino  3. Sert, Coderch, Bohigas, de la Sota, Del Amo: The Modern, the Vernacular and the Mediterranean in Spain Jean-François Lejeune  4. Mediterranean Dialogues: Le Corbusier, Fernand Pouillon, and Roland Simounet Sheila Crane  5. Nature and the People: The Vernacular and The Search for a "True" Greek Architecture Ioanna Theocaropoulou  6. The Legacy of an Istanbul Architect: Type, Context, and Urban Identity in the Work of Sedad Eldem Sibel Bozdogan  Part 2: North  7. The Anti-Mediterranean in the Literature of Architecture: Paul Schultze-Naumburg’s "Kulturarbeiten" Kai K. Gutschow  8. Erich Mendelsohn’s Mediterranean Longings: The European Mediterranean Academy and Beyond Ita Heinze-Greenberg  9. Toward a Cosmopolitan Ethics in Architecture: Bruno Taut’s Translations Out of Germany Esra Akcan  10. Tradition, Color and Surface: Mediterranean Resonances in the Work of Erik Gunnar Asplund Francis E. Lyn  11. Bernard Rudofsky and the Sublimation of the Vernacular Andrea Bocco-Guarneri  12. Between Dogon and Bidonville: CIAM, Team X and the Rediscovery of African Settlements Tom Avermaete