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Renewing Architectural Typologies - Mosque, House, Library (Paperback)
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Renewing Architectural Typologies - Mosque, House, Library (Paperback)
Series: Louis I. Kahn Assistant Visiting Professors
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This is the fifth book documenting the Louis I. Kahn Visiting
Assistant Professorship featuring the work of young
architect-practitioners teaching in the advanced studios at Yale.
The studios each explore new typologies and include the themes,
"Once Upon A House," taught by Hernan Diaz Alonzo of the L.A. based
architectural practice Xefirotarch, which examined the relationship
of types versus species, where type is viewed as "categories of
standardization, then species are malleable entities in constant
metamorphosis." The brief called for a house to occupy a site in
three acts by employing a cellular spatial logic. In subverting the
typology of the house, the studio presents radical possibilities of
inhabitation. In the "Expanded Mosque," taught by Makram El Kadi
and Ziad Jamaleddine of the New York and Beirut-based architectural
practice L.E.F.T. the students critiqued architecturally both an
imported Modernism that is dissociated from contextual
consideration and a reconstruction of the present in the image of
an idealized past. The program of the mosque does not only serve a
purely liturgical function, but is also an important community
gathering place. The studio examined how the physical space of the
mosque and social space of Islam can have a dialogue with other
programs, religious or secular. The studio questioned the
stagnating typology of the mosque in an attempt to project new
possibilities for the future for a site of a World's Fair designed
by Oscar Niemeyer in Tripoli. In the advanced studio, "Re-Storing
Public Possessions," Geoff Shearcroft, Vincent Lacovara, Tom
Coward, and Daisy Froud of the London-based architectural practice
AOC investigated the increasing emphasis on material artifacts and
demand for 'hard' storage in this digital world. The studio
examined the established public repositories of London--the V&A
Museum, the Tate Gallery, the British Museum, the British Library,
and the Royal Armouries--and how they might evolve in response to
the changing demands of the contemporary public to create a
participative and productive architecture. The book features
interviews with the professors.
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Imprint: |
Actar Publishers
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Louis I. Kahn Assistant Visiting Professors |
Release date: |
February 2014 |
First published: |
February 2014 |
Editors: |
Nina Rappaport
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Dimensions: |
297 x 206 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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ISBN-13: |
978-0-9893317-5-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
Individual architects
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LSN: |
0-9893317-5-X |
Barcode: |
9780989331753 |
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