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Architecture and Abstraction

In this theoretical study of abstraction in architecture—the first of its kind—Pier Vittorio Aureli argues for a reconsideration of abstraction, its meanings, and its sources. Although architects have typically interpreted abstraction in formal terms—the p ...

The MIT Press2023

In Quest of Meaning: Revisiting the discourse around “non-pedigreed” architecture

Vasileios Chanis

The title of the current contribution is “In quest of meaning: revisiting the discourse around ‘non-pedigreed’ architecture”. As a brief introduction, I would like to project the following two images. One is Villa Arpel, while the other is the district of ...

2023

Rethinking data browsing through embodied knowledge

In the age of digital and big data, the interaction with machines is central and emphasizes the sophistication of user interfaces and browsing tools. However, in the domain of digital artwork collections, most platforms propose access to images through key ...

2021

Outreach Extensions: OMA/Rem Koolhaas Exhibitions as Self-Critical Environments

Christophe van Gerrewey

Many times in the history of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), Rem Koolhaas has self- or co-curated exhibitions of recent work-in 1978 at the Guggenheim in New York; between 1980 and 1990 in London, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Rotterdam, France, Pari ...

ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD2019

The Murten Panorama, from 2D to 4D

Sarah Irene Brutton Kenderdine, Daniel Norbert Jaquet

The Murten Panorama (10x100m) was realised by the renowned German panorama painter Louis Braun (1836-1916) in 1893, commissioned by a Swiss consortium. It commemorates the Swiss victory against the army of the Duchy of Burgundy in 1476 and exists as a symb ...

2019

Modernidades Industriais no Maranhão

Anna Karla De Almeida Milani

In the construction of the memory of the modern city, the industrial vestiges are an important part in the understanding of the modernities in Brazilian cities. The ICOMOS advisory body evaluation, when evaluating the candidature of São Luís do Maranhão as ...

2019

On the Symbiosis of People and Building

Sytse de Maat

Controversies continue to exist between architects and the public about what is a good building. High-style modern architecture is often disliked by the public. Moreover, in everyday life people blame the architect for everything they find impractical in a ...

EPFL2015

Centre d'art visuel à Seyðisfjörður, Islande

Hildur Ottosdottir

Seyðisfjörður se caractérise par d'étroits fjords, de hautes montagnes, d'un fleuve et la mer. Le centre d'art visuel, Skaftfell, a été fondé par un groupe d'enthousiastes de l'art en mémoire de l'artiste Dieter Roth, qui a vécu et travaillé à Seyðisfjörðu ...

2011

L'Algérie de Le Corbusier

"Some day, the traffic of ideas between North Africa and Le Corbusier should form the subject of a separate study". Quote from "Le Corbusier - Elemente einer Synthese" by Stanislaus von Moos. Frauenfeld. Verlag Huber, 1968. Chapter 1 The motivations behind ...

EPFL1993

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