The humanities in architectural design : a contemporary and historical perspective / / edited by Soumyen Bandyopadhyay. [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 720.104
• Soggetto topico: Architectural design; Humanities; Architecture and society; Design and technology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BandyopadhyaySoumyen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustration credits; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1; Freedom in the shadow of uncertainty; Chapter 1 The responsibility of architectural design; Chapter 2 in Humanities: Ethics in architectural praxis; Chapter 3 Cultivating architects: History in architectural education; Chapter 4 The architect as humanist; Chapter 5 Migration, emancipation and architecture; Part 2; The spectre of technology; Chapter 6 Fantasies of the end of technology; Chapter 7 Le Corbusier and the other humanities ; Chapter 8 Humanist machines: Daniel Libeskind's "Three Lessons in Architecture"Chapter 9 Draw like a builder, build like a writer; Chapter 10 The word made flesh: In the name of the surveyor, the nomad, and the lunatic; Part 3; Measures of awareness; Chapter 11 Creative inspirations or intellectual impasses?: Reflections on relationships between architecture and the humanities; Chapter 12 The human mind and design creativity: Leon Battista Alberti and lineamenta; Chapter 13 Renaissance visual thinking: Architectural representation as a medium to contemplate "real appearance" ; Chapter 14 Neoplatonism at the Accademia di San Luca in RomeChapter 15 Who's on first?; Part 4; The challenges of instrumental knowledge; Chapter 16 Architecture as a humanistic discipline; Chapter 17 The situational space of André Breton's atelier and personal museum in Paris; Chapter 18 L'histoire assassinée: Manfredo Tafuri and the present; Chapter 19 Nature choreographed; Chapter 20 The birth of modernity out of the spirit of music?: Henry van de Velde and the Nietzsche Archive; Select bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Offering an in-depth consideration of the impact which humanities have had on the processes of architecture and design, this book asks how we can restore the traditional dialogue between intellectual enquiry in the humanities and design creativity.Written by leading academics in the fields of history, theory and philosophy of design, these essays draw profound meanings from cultural practices and beliefs. These are as diverse as the designs they inspire and include religious, mythic, poetic, political, and philosophical references. This timely and important book is not a benig
• Titolo autorizzato: The humanities in architectural design
• ISBN: 1-134-99963-1; 1-134-99964-X; 1-282-57172-9; 9786612571725; 0-203-85944-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459003103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II