Project of Autonomy: Politics and Architecture Within and Against Capitalism - Softcover

Vittorio Aureli, Pier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1616891009 ISBN 13: 9781616891008

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012

Synopsis

The Project of Autonomy radically readdresses the concept of autonomy in politics and architecture by tracing a concise and polemical argument about its history in Italy in the 1960s and early 1970s. Architect and educator Pier Vittorio Aureli analyzes the position of the Operaism movement and its intersections with two of the most radical architectural-urban theories of the day: Aldo Rossi's redefinition of the architecture of the city and Archizoom's No-stop City. The book draws on significant new source material, including recent interviews by the author and untranslated documents.

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About the Author

Pier Vittorio Aureli is an architect and educator. His theoretical studies focus on the relationship between architectural form, political thinking, and urban history. Aureli teaches at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam and the Technical University of Delft and has been a visiting professor at the Architectural Association in London and Columbia s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He is a frequent contributor to Log magazine and a cofounder of Dogma, an architectural collective that recently won first prize in an international competition for a new city for 500,000 inhabitants in South Korea.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1616891009
• ISBN 13: 9781616891008
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 120