
Metamorphism
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Materialität ist ein zentrales und stetiges Thema der Architektur. Dieses Buch erklärt, wie Materialien zu Stoffen unserer Kultur werden. Stoffwechsel verfolgt so die Metamorphosen zwischen Natur und Technik, Wissenschaft und Sinnlichkeit.
Das Konzept des Stoffwechsels wurde von Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) zum wesentlichen Element seiner Theorie erhoben. Er bezeichnete damit das Phänomen, dass Strukturformen, die ursprünglich mit der Bearbeitungstechnik eines Materials verbunden waren, von ihrer konstruktiven Aufgabe entlastet als Ornamente in andere Stoffe übertragen werden.
Das Thema wird erstmals aus historischer Sicht wie im Spiegel aktueller, transdisziplinärer Erkenntnisse dargestellt. Beispiele von Aalto bis Zumthor illustrieren die Aspekte einstiger und heutiger Materialkonzepte.
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"Although primarily for the discipline of architecture, Metamorphism also reaches further, aiming, by looking at architecture, to bridge the gap between material research, with its philosophically unconsidered results, and a theoretical debate about the 'new materialism' where those results are generally ignored."
"[...] as an exposition of Semper, by no means always the easiest of writers to follow, Moravánszky's betters any other that I know."
" Metamorphism is a superbly produced book. Although originally written in German, in its English version reads not at all like a translation but as a new text, and it is illustrated by the authors' own excellent photographs, all of them beautifully printed. It is a pleasure both to read and to handle."
Adrian Forty in: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians ,Vol. 81 No. 2, 6/2022
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- Intro
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD: ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL
- 1. INTRODUCTION: KNITTING-ON
- 2. PATHS TO MATTER
- 3. THE MATTER OF NATURE
- 4. THE FOUR ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE
- 5. THE NATURE OF MATTER
- 6. THE LIFE OF MATTER
- 7. THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF METAMORPHISM
- 8. THE PRINCIPLE OF DRESSING
- 9. THE APES OF MATERIALS
- 10. IMMATERIALITY AND FORMLESSNESS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
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