"First we shape things, then they shape us", was Churchill's view. What kind of architecture can be said to shape? Who does it shape? And by what means does it shape? The author's answers to these questions are a surprise. Through war and proximity to stress. After a tour d'horizon through Roman temples, Washington's corridors of power and Mecca's anti-panic architecture it becomes clear that architecture is anything but in the background. Instead it is situated in the hot spot of transmission dynamics and is capable of altering cultures, empires and even religions.

"First we shape things, then they shape us", was Churchill's view. What kind of architecture can be said to shape? Who does it shape? And by what means does it shape? The author's answers to these questions are a surprise in this diverting manifesto.

Design; Architecture; Environment; Art; War; Religion; Policy

Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics

With a Foreword by Heiner Mühlmann and a Project by Exit Ltd.

Exit-Architecture. Design Between War and Peace

Stephan Trüby. Architect, theoretician and curator. Studied architecture at the AA School, London where he also lectured. Since 2001 he has been assistant professor for architectural theory and design at the Institut Grundlagen moderner Architektur, at the University of Stuttgart. He is the director of Exit Ltd. a firm specialized in architectural and design consulting. His numerous works have been published as books and in magazines.

"First we shape things, then they shape us", was Churchill's view. What kind of architecture can be said to shape? Who does it shape? And by

Exit-Architecture. Design Between War and Peace

With a Foreword by Heiner Mühlmann and a Project by Exit Ltd.

Stephan Trüby
Translated by: Robert Payne

Volume in the series TRACE Transmission in Rhetorics, Arts and Cultural Evolution

Manufacturer information: Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, Im Westfeld 8, 4055 Basel / Switzerland productsafety@degruyterbrill.com EU responsible person: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Straße 13, 10829 Berlin / Germany

Exit-Architecture. Design Between War and Peace

With a Foreword by Heiner Mühlmann and a Project by Exit Ltd.

Stephan TrübyTranslated by: Robert Payne

Volume in the series TRACE Transmission in Rhetorics, Arts and Cultural Evolution

Manufacturer information: Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, Im Westfeld 8, 4055 Basel / Switzerland productsafety@degruyterbrill.com EU responsible person: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Straße 13, 10829 Berlin / Germany

Stephan Trüby
Translated by: Robert Payne