Architectural theory of modernism : relating functions and forms

By:

Poerschke, Ute

Publication details: New York Routledge 2016Description: viii,241,ipISBN:

9781138642485

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

720.1 POE

Contents:

CONTENTS 1 What are Architectural Functions? 1 On Terms 2 The Relationship between Scientific and Architectural Understandings of Function 4 Functions and Purposes 19 2 Function and Representation 28 Carlo Lodoli 28 Francesco Algarotti 43 Francesco Milizia 48 Andrea Memmo 51 Impact 54 3 Form and Function in the Structured Whole 61 Gottfried Semper 61 Karl Bötticher 69 The Organic 72 Function and Style 78 Semper’s and Bötticher’s Influence 83 Louis Sullivan: “form follows function” 88 Frank Lloyd Wright 93 4 Concepts of Function in High Modernism 104 Hannes Meyer 104 ABC 112 Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus 116 Adolf Behne, Hugo Häring, and Erich Mendelsohn 122 Extra-architectural Influences 128 Conclusions 138 Functionalism 141 5 Functionalism and Its Criticism 151 CIAM and the Functional City 152 Jane Jacobs and Alexander Mitscherlich 163 Postmodernism 166 Monofunctionalism, Naive Functionalism, Construction Industry Functionalism 175 6 Functions and Forms in the Architecture of the Information Society 189 Space of Flows, Space of Places, Global Cities 194 The Architectural Discourse of the Environmental Movements 203 Performativity in Architecture 207 Computer Simulations 213 Reconsidering Architectural Functions 216 Bibliography 222 Image Sources 236 Index 238

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CONTENTS
1 What are Architectural Functions? 1
On Terms 2
The Relationship between Scientific and Architectural Understandings of Function 4
Functions and Purposes 19
2 Function and Representation 28
Carlo Lodoli 28
Francesco Algarotti 43
Francesco Milizia 48
Andrea Memmo 51
Impact 54
3 Form and Function in the Structured Whole 61
Gottfried Semper 61
Karl Bötticher 69
The Organic 72
Function and Style 78
Semper’s and Bötticher’s Influence 83
Louis Sullivan: “form follows function” 88
Frank Lloyd Wright 93
4 Concepts of Function in High Modernism 104
Hannes Meyer 104
ABC 112
Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus 116
Adolf Behne, Hugo Häring, and Erich Mendelsohn 122
Extra-architectural Influences 128
Conclusions 138
Functionalism 141
5 Functionalism and Its Criticism 151
CIAM and the Functional City 152
Jane Jacobs and Alexander Mitscherlich 163
Postmodernism 166
Monofunctionalism, Naive Functionalism, Construction Industry Functionalism 175
6 Functions and Forms in the Architecture of the Information Society 189
Space of Flows, Space of Places, Global Cities 194
The Architectural Discourse of the Environmental Movements 203
Performativity in Architecture 207
Computer Simulations 213
Reconsidering Architectural Functions 216
Bibliography 222
Image Sources 236
Index 238

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