Metamorphism : material change in architecture /

• Main Author: Moravánszky, Ákos (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Birkhäuser, 2018.
• Subjects: Semper, Gottfried > 1803-1879; Αρχιτεκτονική > Φιλοσοφία; Δομικά υλικά > Ιστορία

"Materiality is a recurring and key issue in architecture. This book explains how materials are 'constructed', how they become substances of our culture. 'Metamorphism' follows up on the relationship between natural materials and technology, science, and sensuality. Gottfrie...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword : Another brick in the wall
• Introduction : Knitting-on
• Paths to matter
• The matter of nature
• The four elements of architecture
• The nature of matter
• The life of matter
• The theory and practice of metamorphism
• The principle of dressing
• The apes of materials
• Immateriality and formlessness.