Poetics of Architecture: Theory of Design - Softcover

Antoniades, Anthony C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0442013302 ISBN 13: 9780442013301

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992

Synopsis

The Poetics of Architecture In order for a book to succeed in presenting a theory of architecture, it must address aspects of imagination and creativity as well as the channels one can use to achieve truly significant architectural design.

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In order for a book to succeed in presenting a theory of architecture, it must address aspects of imagination and creativity as well as the channels one can use to achieve truly significant architectural design. Poetics of Architecture explores the fundamental theories of Modern and Postmodern design and attempts to reconcile all that is worthwhile in these two movements into a new inclusivist attitude toward architecture. Anthony C. Antoniades looks at the many intangible and tangible channels one can harness in creating architectural design. By opening up architecture to the full range of creative influences, he tries to help readers produce designs that are richer on spatial, sensual, spiritual, and environmental levels. Some of the intangible channels to creativity explored in the book include fantasy, metaphor, the paradoxical and metaphysical, the primordial and untouched, poetry and literature, and the exotic and multicultural. Among the tangible channels covered are history and the study of precedents, mimesis and literal interpretation, geometry, materials, and the role of nature. The author presents rich and imaginative discussions of these various channels, explaining which were favored during the Modern and Postmodern movements and clarifying his theoretical analyses through the use of many vivid examples, tables, and illustrations. Included among the examples in the volume are many distinguished projects and theories by a wide range of noted architects such as Asplund, Aalto, Utzon, Pikionis, Barragín, Pietilä, Predock, and Legorreta, who are latecomers to the attention of the media. Antoniades also provides fascinating material on the study of architectural biographies as a means of achieving an all–inclusive creativity in architectural design. Highly original yet based on solid principles, Poetics of Architecture will help architects, designers, and students increase their versatility and creativity in the studio. It will also deepen their understanding and appreciation of the creative process and its many influences.

Synopsis

Highly specialized yet fundamental theories of design are organized and simplified in this guide, which aims to a gap in the design literature. By opening up architecture to the full realm of creative influences, "Poetics of Architecture" should help readers produce designs that are richer on spatial, sensual, spiritual and environmental levels. Channels of creative thinking favoured during the modern and post-modern movement are discussed, and theoretical positions are clarified by numerous examples, tables and illustrations. Among the examples included are projects by noted architects that have not been covered by the media. This source offers a multilayered perspective that should increase the versatility and creativity of architects and designers in the studio.

Edition details

• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0442013302
• ISBN 13: 9780442013301
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English