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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779456503321

Titolo

Architecture in the space of flows / / edited by Andrew Ballantyne and Chris L. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-135-72287-0

0-203-72101-2

1-283-88532-8

1-135-72280-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BallantyneAndrew

SmithChris (Chris L.)

Disciplina

720.1

Soggetti

Architecture - Philosophy

Architecture and society

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fluxion / Andrew Ballantyne and Chris L. Smith -- Places in flux. Theoretical, conceptual, ethical, and methodological stakes to induce a new age : M.U.D. / Marc Godts and Nel Janssens -- Oceanic spaces of flow / Amanda Yates -- Interpretive flow : a 1930s trans-cultural architectural nexus / Åsa Andersson -- Solar flow : the uses of light in Gold Coast living / Patricia Wise -- Trade flow : architectures of informal markets / Peter Mörtenböck and Helge Mooshammer -- Local flows : Rom-Hoob's phenomena of transition / Soranart Sinuraibhan -- Spaces of flow. Controlling flow : on the logistics of distributive space / Craig Martin -- Temporal flows / Steve Basson -- Navigating flow : architecture of the blogospere / Wael Salah Fahmi -- The (not so) smooth flow between architecture and life / Stephen Loo -- Envoi -- Limits of fluxion / Michael Tawa.

Sommario/riassunto

Traditionally, architecture has been preoccupied with the resolution of form. That concern helps to make photogenic buildings, which have received a great deal of attention. This book looks instead at the idea of the flows, which connects things together and moves between things. It is more difficult to discuss, but more necessary, because it is



what makes things work. Architects have to think about flow - the flow of people through buildings, the flow of energy into buildings, and waste out of them - but usually the effects of flow do not find expression. The essays gathered here present a