
Notes from the Underworld
An Architectural Exploration
Stefano Corbo(Author)
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Published on 28. November 2019
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-7643-5840-1 (ISBN)
Description
Since early times, humans have explored the space below their feet for different purposes: to flee persecution and war, to find protection from severe climates, to improve urban life-and more recently, to solve environmental problems. A rare look at old and new subterranean structures from an architect's perspective, this seminal book examines the underworld through the lenses of wartime, life and death, religious and secular rituals, and adaptive reuse. The atlas of 80+ international projects ranges widely in time period and type, from a house in a defunct nuclear silo to an Arctic seed bank, a Beirut nightclub, art venues, an Italian winery, and a monastery carved into a mountain. All are surprising examples of how invisible man-made spaces follow the same cultural and economic cues as their visible counterparts and are places where we store, hide, repress, and live.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Atglen
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
90 color and b/w images
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 171 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
492 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7643-5840-1 (9780764358401)
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Person
Stefano Corbo is an Italian architect, researcher, and assistant professor at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design). He holds a PhD and an MArch II in advanced architectural design from UPM-ETSAM Madrid and is director of SCSTUDIO, a multidisciplinary network practicing public architecture and design.