Unexpected Affinities: The History of Type in Architectural Project from Laugier to Duchamp
Author:   Pablo Meninato
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
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9780815363958


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   16 May 2018
Format:   Paperback
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While the concept of ""type"" has been present in architectural discourse since its formal introduction at the end of the eighteenth century, its role in the development of architectural projects has not been comprehensively analyzed. This book proposes a reassessment of architectural type throughout history and its impact on the development of architectural theory and practice. Beginning with Laugier's 1753 Essay on Architecture, Unexpected Affinities: The History of Type in the Architectural Project from Laugier to Duchamp traces type through nineteenth- and twentiethth-century architectural movements and thoeries, culminating in a discussion of the affinities between architectural type and Duchamp's concept of the readymade. Includes over sixty black and white images.

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Author:   Pablo Meninato
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.957kg
ISBN:  

9780815363958


ISBN 10:   0815363958
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   16 May 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION PART 1: NINETEENTH CENTURY—ORIGINS, IMITATION, TYPE Chapter 1. Towards an Inaugural Definition of Type Chapter 2. Semper’s Knot PART 2: TWENTIETH CENTURY—SHIFTING CONSIDERATIONS Chapter 3. Modern Architecture’s Uncertain Consideration of Type Chapter 4. Typology Reconsidered PART 3: TYPE AND PROJECT—ALTERATION TACTICS Chapter 5. Typological Alterations Chapter 6. Affinities: Typological Displacement and Readymade AFTERWORD BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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For Meninato, types are tools for generating the architectural project. For the rest of us, the book generates a richer appreciation of what surrounds and surprises us every day. AJ Sabatini, thebroadstreetreview.com, What's your type ?


""For Meninato, types are tools for “generating the architectural project.” For the rest of us, the book generates a richer appreciation of what surrounds and surprises us every day."" AJ Sabatini, thebroadstreetreview.com, What's your ""type""?


Author Information

Pablo Meninato holds a PhD from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. He has practiced architecture and urban design in Buenos Aires, Monterrey, and Philadelphia, where he is principal of PMArch. Meninato has lectured at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Philadelphia University, Universidad de Monterrey, and the Universidad de Palermo in Buenos Aires. He has written architectural criticism and essays for >assemble d3, Summa+, and Arqtexto, and the forthcoming ""Spatial Seductions—The Everyday Interiorities of Marcel Duchamp, Eduard Kienholz, and Pepon Osorio,"" in The Interior Architecture Theory Reader, Taylor & Francis (March 2018).

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