The Mereological City
A Reading of the Works of Ludwig Hilberseimer
In a positive departure from modernism, the work of the art critic and urbanist Ludwig Hilberseimer offers schemata towards the design for the city itself: its mereological composition.
The resonance of parts unfolds to an alternative of a purely contrasting equation of form and content. It reminds us, that when the ground (gr.: logos) of the city is defined by its parts (gr.: meros), its architecture, the city in turn always also is part of the architecture as its desire.
»The Mereological City« introduces a mereological methodology and contributes to an ongoing discussion about an ecological form of urban design.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
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Contents
Seiten 5 - 6 -
1. Prologue: Architecture as a Discipline of Composition
Seiten 7 - 18 -
2. Introduction: Topic, State of Knowledge, Method
Seiten 19 - 60 -
3. The Large City: The will to elemental architecture
Seiten 61 - 122 -
4. The unfolding of a planning idea
Seiten 123 - 164 -
5. The punctualisation as architectural method
Seiten 165 - 208 -
6. Conclusion: The Art of City-Planning
Seiten 209 - 214 -
Notes
Seiten 215 - 238 -
List of Figures
Seiten 239 - 246 -
Bibliography
Seiten 247 - 258
12 April 2016, 258 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8394-3466-6
File size: 82.8 MB
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