Traces: LAN (Local Architecture Network) - Hardcover

Umberto Napolitano; Benoit Jallon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 194029102X ISBN 13: 9781940291024

Publisher: ActarD Inc, 2014

Synopsis

Traces The city is the point of departure and arrival for the "architectural experience." It is, therefore, a palpable, external fact as well as a product of the mind, an abstraction. This book attempts to recreate this trajectory and to describe this exchange between the mind and the world through the traces it has produced. Two separate moments lie at the heart of this book's very structure and shape: one when the city is the site of an experience and of reflection and the other, when architects modify this site through a new project. The white notebooks contain writings, reflections, and observations collected over a ten-year period about our urban experiences. ...

About this title

About the Author:

Umberto Napolitano began his architectural studies in Italy and completed them in France at the Villette School of Architecture where he graduated in 2001 with a special mention from the jury. He rapidly developed a critical approach to the separation between theory and practice. In parallel with his architectural education, he also worked with a number of architects. His involvement in Franco-American workshops has given his work an international flavour and allowed him to absorb other cultures and skills.

From the Inside Flap:

Undertaken at the occasion of LAN's 10th anniversary, Traces recalls the journey of Umberto Napolitano and Benoit Jallon through their projects and their travel impressions.

About this edition

• Publisher: ActarD Inc
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 194029102X
• ISBN 13: 9781940291024
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 624
• Editor: Ricardo Devesa