The minimal intervention / Lucius Burckhardt ; edited by Markus Ritter and Martin Schmitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burckhardt, Lucius, author.

Contributor:

Ritter, Markus, editor.

Schmitz, Martin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Construction industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2022]

Summary:

The mind’s eye as a design principle Lucius Burckhardt (1925–2003) outlined his theory of the “smallest possible intervention” back in the early 1980s. The idea of minimal intervention runs through his entire oeuvre, from his critique of urbanism to the science of walking. The “smallest possible intervention” denotes a planning theory that assumes two “views” within landscape design: that which is actually visible and that in our mind’s eye. The theory of the minimal intervention means not interfering excessively with the existing landscape, but instead working with the landscape in our minds to develop an aesthetic understanding of the environment. In this book, available for the first time in English, the Swiss sociologist applies this formula to many areas of design. Intellectual distillation of Lucius Burckhardt’s theories available for the first time in English Exploration of the relationships between planning and building Rationalization and needs

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Editors' Preface

Introduction

The Construction Industry

Shortsighted and Farsighted People

Planners among Themselves

The End Product of Planning: The Plan

Building Stock-The Most Important Part of the Nation's Assets

Rationalizing Construction and Dumbing Down the People

Remodeling: A No-Go for the Construction Industry

What People Supposedly Need

Device and Form

Design Is Invisible

Landscape Gardening, Too, Is Part of the Construction Industry

And the Landscape?

Can the Townscape Be Preserved?

The Minimal Intervention

The Minimal Intervention (1982)

The Minimal Intervention (1987)

Biographies

Sources

Books by Lucius Burckhardt

Index

Photo Credits.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Burckhardt, Lucius The minimal intervention

ISBN:

3-0356-2531-X

OCLC:

1347247102