This commentated anthology contains essential passages from eight important architecture and urban design theory texts from the 1960s to the 2010s. With these excerpts, the editors discursively outline the concept of form as a relational field of tension between man and material. The relational element is treated not only as a topos, but above all the interpretational perspective of architectural theory.
The texts are arranged under the guiding themes of Type, Process, Place, and Things. The texts themselves were written by authors including Christopher Alexander, Oswald Mathias Ungers, Fumihiko Maki, Alison and Peter Smithson, Lucius Burckhardt, Bruno Latour, and Manuel de Solà-Morales. They offer a paradigmatic foundation that encourages further research and the continued view through the "relational lens."
Pages: 464
Language: English
15.5 × 23.5 cm
204 b/w ill.
Publication: 22 Mar 2021
ISBN 978-3-0356-2076-4
Daniel Kiss, lecturer, Institute for Urban Design, ETH Zurich. Simon Kretz, senior assistant, lecturer for urban design, ETH Zurich
„Die kommentierte Anthologie enthält essenzielle Passagen von acht wichtigen Architektur- und Städtebautexten aus der Zeitspanne der 1960er- bis 2010er-Jahre. Diskursiv umreißen die Herausgeber mit ihnen den Formbegriff als relationales Spannungsfeld von Mensch und Material. Das In-Beziehung-Setzen ist dabei nicht nur Thema, sondern vor allem die Interpretationsperspektive dieser Architekturtheorie.” (In RSWB®plus, 07.2021)