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The Autopoiesis of Architecture, Volume I
A New Framework for Architecture
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Ideal for architects, scholars, and students engaged with architectural theory and practice, as well as readers interested in the philosophical underpinnings of design.
Take a theoretical approach to architecture with The Autopoiesis of Architecture, which presents the topic as a discipline with its own unique logic. Architecture's conception of itself is addressed as well as its development within wider contemporary society.
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The book elaborates the theory of architecture's autopoiesis in eight parts, 50 sections, and 200 chapters. Each of the 50 sections poses a thesis drawing a central message from the insights articulated within the respective section.
The 200 chapters gather and sort the accumulated intelligence of the discipline according to the new conceptual framework adopted, in order to catalyse and elaborate the new formulations and insights that are then encapsulated in the theses. However, while the theoretical work in the text of the chapters relies on the rigorous build-up of a new theoretical language, the theses are written in ordinary language — with the theoretical concepts placed in brackets.
The full list of the 50 theses affords a convenient summary printed as an appendix at the end of the book.
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This work offers a wholly new framework for thinking about architecture, connecting contemporary architectural media with historical contexts. Reviews highlight its fascinating exploration of the design process and its highly original theoretical approach, as noted by Dezeen.com, Icon Magazine, and Architecture Today.
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ISBN: 9780470772980
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 December 2010
Country: United States
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 31.0mm
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 218.0mm
Weight: 1066g
Pages: 480
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Patrik Schumacher is partner at Zaha Hadid Architects and founding director of the Design Research Laboratory (DRL) at the Architectural Association (AA) in London. He studied philosophy and architecture in Bonn, London and Stuttgart, where he received his architectural Diploma in 1990. In 1996 he founded the AADRL with Brett Steele, and continues to serve as one of its directors. In 1999 he completed his PhD at the Institute for Cultural Science, Klagenfurt University. Patrik Schumacher joined Zaha Hadid in 1988. Since then Zaha Hadid Architects has expanded from a small studio to a global firm employing over 300 architects. Patrik Schumacher's career continues to integrate practice and theory. His contribution to the discourse of contemporary architecture is also evident in his prior writings, such as Digital Hadid, 2004, as well as in his curatorial work for exhibitions, such as Latent Utopias, Graz, 2002. His essays are available on www.patrikschumacher.com.
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