{"title":"Soumyen Bandyopadhyay","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoumyen Bandyopadhyay's works explore the intricate relationship between architecture and cultural identity, inviting readers to engage with spaces as living narratives. His writing offers a thoughtful examination of how environments shape and reflect social history, making complex ideas accessible through clear and insightful prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e will find his perspectives enriching, as he bridges theory and practice in a way that deepens understanding of place and composition. His books provide a compelling look at architectural heritage and its ongoing dialogue with contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"site-and-composition-by-enis-aldallal-9780415498258","title":"Site and Composition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSite and Composition\u003c\/em\u003e examines design strategies and tactics in site making. It is concerned with the need for a renewed understanding of the site in the twenty-first century and the need for a critical position regarding the continued tendency to view the site as an isolated ‘fragment’ severed from its wider context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book argues for revisiting the traditional instruments or means of both siting and composition in Architecture to explore their true potential in achieving connections between site and context. Through the various examples studied here, it is suggested that such instrumental means have the potential for achieving greater poetic outcomes. The book focuses on the works of twentieth-century architects of wide-ranging persuasion – Peter Eisenman, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvaro Siza, Herzog and de Meuron, and Charles Correa, for example – who have strived in quite different ways to achieve deeper engagement with the physical qualities of place and context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeparting from a reconsideration of the fragment, \u003cem\u003eSite and Composition\u003c\/em\u003e emphasises the role of the ‘positive fragment’ in achieving both historical continuity and renewed wholeness. The potential of both planimetric and sectional compositional methods are explored, emphasising the importance of reciprocity between ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ – between fragment and the whole, as well as materiality. Written in a clear and accessible manner, this book makes vital reading for both researchers and students of architecture and urbanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607727784172,"sku":"9780415498258","price":447.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780415498258-site-and-composition.jpg?v=1778172196"},{"product_id":"site-and-composition-by-enis-aldallal-9780415498265","title":"Site and Composition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSite and Composition\u003c\/em\u003e examines design strategies and tactics in site making. 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