Metaphors in Architecture and Urbanism

ISBN 10: 3837623726 / ISBN 13: 9783837623727

Published by Transcript Verlag, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Metaphors in Architecture and Urbanism
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837623726
• ISBN 13: 9783837623727
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Architecture and urbanism seem to be »weak« disciplines, constantly struggling for a better understanding of their nature and disciplinary borders. The huge amount of metaphors appearing in the discourse of both not only reference to their creative nature but also indicate their weakness and the missing piece strengthening their own understanding: a definition of space for architecture and of city for urbanism. But using metaphors in this field implies a problem – though metaphors achieve to bring opposites together, there remains the question how literal they can actually become in order to relate to these subjects properly. In this volume, several authors from various fields using different approaches discuss this question.

About the Authors

Andri Gerber (Prof. Dr.) ist Co-Leiter am Institut konstruktives Entwerfen an der ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

Brent Patterson, architect, is working on a PhD in philosophy at Paris 8. He teaches history and theory courses at architecture schools in Paris including the Ecole Spéciale d`Architecture (ESA), where he is an associate professor.