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Six Canonical Projects by Rem Koolhaas [electronic resource] Essays on the History of Ideas Ingrid Böck

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Berlin : JOVIS Verlag GmbH 2015Description: 1 digital resource (368 p.) 138 farb. und s/w Abb. 27 cmISBN:
  • 9783868598919
  • 386859891X
Other title:
  • Architektur + analyse 5
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.1 BOC
Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Biographical Notes -- 1. Wall: exodus, or the voluntary prisoners of architecture, London 1972 -- The Wall as a Means of Division, Exclusion, and Difference -- The Ideal City and Other Models of Utopian Life -- Utopia Zero Degree, or Freedom Beyond Planning -- 2. Void: Ville Nouvelle Melun-Sénart, Paris 1987 -- Failed Agencies of Modern Urbanism -- Void and Future Development -- Void as Environment of Control and Choice -- The Armature of Genericity -- 3. Montage: maison à Bordeaux, France 1994-1998 -- Dismantling Modernist Fragments -- The Rational and Irrational Side of Architecture -- Montage and Filmic Reality -- 4. Trajectory: Dutch Embassy, Berlin 1999-2003 -- The Trajectory as Lived Experience of the Body -- Identity and Aura, or The Trajectory as Historical Narrative -- Junkspace as the End of the Typical and the Generic -- 5. Infrastructure: Public Library, Seattle 1999-2004 -- Expanding the Program of Semi-Public Space -- Infrastructure Diagrams of Circulation -- Technological Determinism and the Public Sphere -- 6. Shape: CCTV, Beijing 2002-2008 -- The Outdated Typology of the Skyscraper -- Neo-Liberal Conditions of Architectural Practice -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Imprint
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Frontmatter --
TABLE OF contents --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
Biographical Notes --
1. Wall: exodus, or the voluntary prisoners of architecture, London 1972 --
The Wall as a Means of Division, Exclusion, and Difference --
The Ideal City and Other Models of Utopian Life --
Utopia Zero Degree, or Freedom Beyond Planning --
2. Void: Ville Nouvelle Melun-Sénart, Paris 1987 --
Failed Agencies of Modern Urbanism --
Void and Future Development --
Void as Environment of Control and Choice --
The Armature of Genericity --
3. Montage: maison à Bordeaux, France 1994-1998 --
Dismantling Modernist Fragments --
The Rational and Irrational Side of Architecture --
Montage and Filmic Reality --
4. Trajectory: Dutch Embassy, Berlin 1999-2003 --
The Trajectory as Lived Experience of the Body --
Identity and Aura, or The Trajectory as Historical Narrative --
Junkspace as the End of the Typical and the Generic --
5. Infrastructure: Public Library, Seattle 1999-2004 --
Expanding the Program of Semi-Public Space --
Infrastructure Diagrams of Circulation --
Technological Determinism and the Public Sphere --
6. Shape: CCTV, Beijing 2002-2008 --
The Outdated Typology of the Skyscraper --
Neo-Liberal Conditions of Architectural Practice --
Conclusion --
Bibliography --
Name Index --
Imprint

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