Architecture in the space of flows / edited by Andrew Ballantyne and Chris L. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ballantyne, Andrew.

Smith, Chris (Chris L.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Philosophy.

Architecture.

Architecture and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traditionally, architecture has been preoccupied with the resolution of form. That concern helps to make photogenic buildings, which have received a great deal of attention. This book looks instead at the idea of the flows, which connects things together and moves between things. It is more difficult to discuss, but more necessary, because it is what makes things work. Architects have to think about flow - the flow of people through buildings, the flow of energy into buildings, and waste out of them - but usually the effects of flow do not find expression. The essays gathered here present a

Contents:

Fluxion / Andrew Ballantyne and Chris L. Smith

Places in flux. Theoretical, conceptual, ethical, and methodological stakes to induce a new age : M.U.D. / Marc Godts and Nel Janssens

Oceanic spaces of flow / Amanda Yates

Interpretive flow : a 1930s trans-cultural architectural nexus / Åsa Andersson

Solar flow : the uses of light in Gold Coast living / Patricia Wise

Trade flow : architectures of informal markets / Peter Mörtenböck and Helge Mooshammer

Local flows : Rom-Hoob's phenomena of transition / Soranart Sinuraibhan

Spaces of flow. Controlling flow : on the logistics of distributive space / Craig Martin

Temporal flows / Steve Basson

Navigating flow : architecture of the blogospere / Wael Salah Fahmi

The (not so) smooth flow between architecture and life / Stephen Loo

Envoi

Limits of fluxion / Michael Tawa.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-72287-0

0-203-72101-2

1-283-88532-8

1-135-72280-3

9780203721018

OCLC:

823389338