Name: Inhabited Machines
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ISBN: 9783035623772

Um 1800 entstand mit der Konzeption gebauter Räume als technische Geräte eines der einflussreichsten architektonischen Denkmodelle der letzten 250 Jahre. Klima, Moral und Komfort bilden die tragenden Themen dieser Untersuchung, die in je eigenen Kapiteln im synchronen Vergleich und anschaulich mithilfe von Beispielen untersucht werden. Verfolgt wird das Aufkommen entsprechender Metaphern, Wissensinhalte und Bauformen über eine Zeitspanne von rund 70 Jahren. Einen besonderen Fokus legt der Autor dabei auf die operative Dimension der Architektur. Damit leistet das Buch einen historischen Blick auf ein Zukunftsthema der Architektur. Zielgruppe des Buches sind Architektur- und Technikinteressierte sowie für die Kulturgeschichte des Bauens und Wohnens aufgeschlossene Leserinnen und Leser. Die Buchreihe Exploring Architecture macht Architekturwissenschaft zugänglich, stellt neueste Forschungsmethoden vor und deckt ein breites Spektrum an Epochen, Regionen und Themen ab.

Around 1800, one of the most influential architectural concepts of the last 250 years emerged—that of built spaces as technical devices. Climate, morality, and comfort are the three main themes of this study, and each is vividly examined in separate chapters through synchronous comparison and with the help of examples. The emergence of corresponding metaphors, knowledge, and construction forms is traced over a period of about 70 years. The author focuses particularly on the operative dimension of architecture. Thus, the book provides a historical perspective on a key topic for the future of architecture. The book is aimed at readers interested in architecture, technology or the cultural history of building and living. The Exploring Architecture series makes architectural scholarship accessible, introduces the latest research methods, and covers a wide range of periods, regions, and topics.

"Inhabited Machines is a key contribution to the study of the less and less reviled 19th century, and to existing knowledge on the environmental origins of modernity." (Eduardo Prieto in Arquitectura Viva)

Automatized Architecture; Environmental Design; Home Technology; Home Automation; Building Services; Housing History; Building History; Machinery

Genealogy of an Architectural Concept

Inhabited Machines

Moitz Gleich, ETH Zürich, Verlagsleiter GTA.

Moritz Gleich studied communication and media studies at Freie Universitat Berlin, Bauhaus University of Weimar and the University of California Santa Barbara. He then joined the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) at ETH Zurich as a scientific assistant. Additionally, he taught at the University of Basel Institute of Media Studies and conducted research at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. In 2018, he completed his doctoral degree at ETH Zurich with a dissertation on the genealogy of machinic concepts in architecture. Gleich has lectured and published internationally, including in edited volumes and journals such as Grey Room, AA Files, Perspecta and Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. He has been director of the gta Verlag since 2019.

<UL> <LI>Modernes Wohnen als Aufenthalt in der Komfortmaschine </LI> <LI>Vom Westminster Palace über das Panopticon bis hin zum Gentleman’s Club </LI> <LI>Gut lesbare kulturwissenschaftliche Architekturforschung </LI></UL>

<UL> <LI>Modern living as a stay in the "comfort machine" </LI> <LI>From Westminster Palace to the Panopticon and the Gentleman's Club </LI> <LI>Highly readable cultural studies of architecture </LI></UL>

Exploring Architecture, edited by Reto Geiser

Exploring Architecture, herausgegeben von Reto Geiser

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The origin of the ‘living machine’

The origin of the ‘living machine’Around 1800, one of the most influential architectural concepts of the last 250 years emerged—that of built spaces as technical devices. Climate, morality, and comfort are the three main themes of this study, and each is vividly examined in separate chapters through synchronous comparison and with the help of examples. The emergence of corresponding metaphors, knowledge, and construction forms is traced over a period of about 70 years. The author focuses particularly on the operative dimension of architecture. Thus, the book provides a historical perspective on a key topic for the future of architecture. The book is aimed at readers interested in architecture, technology or the cultural history of building and living.  The Exploring Architecture series makes architectural scholarship accessible, introduces the latest research methods, and covers a wide range of periods, regions, and topics.  Modern living as a stay in the "comfort machine"  From Westminster Palace to the Panopticon and the Gentleman's Club  Highly readable cultural studies of architecture 

The origin of the ‘living machine’Around 1800, one of the most influential architectural concepts of the last 250 years emerged—that of buil

Inhabited Machines

Genealogy of an Architectural Concept

Moritz Gleich

Volume in the series Exploring Architecture