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Weak and Diffuse Modernity: The World of Projects at the beginning of the 21st Century - Softcover

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9788876246517: Weak and Diffuse Modernity: The World of Projects at the beginning of the 21st Century
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ISBN 10: 8876246517 ISBN 13: 9788876246517
Publisher: Skira, 2006

Synopsis

In Weak and Widespread, modernity stands as a contrasting operative practice when compared to that of the 20th century, which was based on finding definitive solutions to old and new problems of industrial society. Today's architecture and urban planning tends to operate through reversible solutions, taking their references from models that are incomplete, imperfect and elastic. Precisely for this reason they are capable of withstanding the continuous processes of innovation. In this book Branzi examines how transformations in the concept of modernity have changed project strategy following new territorial and social developments. He puts this into relation to his own projects and research from the mid-1960's with the radical experience of the Archizoom group until the present.

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About the Author

Andrea Branzi, architect and designer, has been a leading force in Italian design since the 1960s. He has published a number of books on the theory and history of design including The Hot House: Italian New Wave Design.

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Publisher
Skira
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
8876246517
ISBN 13 
9788876246517
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
180
Rating
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