Allure of the incomplete, imperfect and impermanent : designing and appreciating architecture as nature
Publication details: London Routledge 2015Description: xiii,223pISBN:- 9780415741491
- 720.1 HAN
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Book | CEPT Library | Faculty of Architecture | 720.1 HAN | Available | 019359 |
CONTENTS
Figures ix
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction 1
Part 1: Problematic Notion of Complete, Perfect, and Permanent Architecture 17
1. Mutability of Architecture 19
2. Authorial Authority 53
3. Alienation from the Everyday 69
Part 2: Allure of the Incomplete, Imperfect, and Impermanent 93
4. The Incomplete - Synecdoche 95
5. The Impermanent - Palimpsest 121
6. The Imperfect - Wabi 153
Part 3: Articulating the Properties of Engagement 169
7. Appreciating Architecture as Nature 171
8. Representing Incomplete, Imperfect, and Impermanent Architecture 180
Conclusion 204
Bibliography 207
Index 219
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