Touch Me!
The Mystery of the Surface
Lars Müller Publishers
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2011
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-3-03778-229-3 (ISBN)
Description
Gregor Eichinger argues that since the beginning of modernity the concept of surface has been neglected by architecture. A tendency for simplification, for a reduction to the abstract space and the material are the reason that today the topic is given such short shrift. Based on his research as a professor at the ETH Zürich, Eichinger calls for a serious discussion about the architectural user interface. In an intensive conversation, he and architect Eberhard Tröger discuss what alchemy has to do with architecture, why a good bar has to be a sketch, how one reads ornament, why we no longer look up at the ceiling, why cleanliness gets in the way of everything, how architecture is created from the inside, and much, much more. The text of this conversation is interwoven with a variety of related quotations and complemented by a series of images that deal with the relationship between architectural surfaces and people.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baden
Switzerland
Target group
Architekten, Architekturstudenten
Illustrations
500 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-03778-229-3 (9783037782293)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Prof . Gregor Eichinger runs an architecture practice in Vienna and was professor of architecture and design at the ETH Zurich from 2004 to 2010. Eberhard Troger is an architect and taught in professor Eichinger's department at the ETH Zurich until 2010.
Content
Surface and Depth; Weaving and Time; Parts andWhole; Generalist Aspirations and Mastery; TheCraft, Machines, and Personality; Skin, Wounds,and Age; Nerves, Cleanliness, and Atmosphere;Pants, Code, and Ornament; Light, Shadow, andFlânerie; Benutzeroberfläche, Streets, and theCity; Ornament and Society; Heaven, Chicken, andEgg; Architect and Client; Brain and Intestines,Bar and Sketch; Architecture and Love; Comfort,Stature, and Inspiration; Interior and Exterior