Christos Papoulias - Hypertopos: Two Architectural Projects - Softcover

David, Catherine; Frampton, Kenneth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3893223509 ISBN 13: 9783893223503

Publisher: Hatje Cantz, 1998

Synopsis

This book is about space (topos), about creating a museum out of the forgotten and inactive potential of the contemporary city. With essays by Christos Papoulias, Kenneth Frampton, Yehuda Safran and Ales Vodopivec, preface by Catherine David.

About this title

Synopsis

This text is about space (topos), about creating a museum out of the forgotten and inactive potential of the contemporary city. The two projects presented here were conceived five years apart. Both examine the relationship of art to the city and the site. Essays are included by Kenneth Frampton, Yehuda Safran and Ales Vodopivec.

About the Author

Amalie M. Kass is Lecturer on the History of Medicine in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is the coauthor of Perfecting the World: The Life and Times of Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. and the author of numerous journal articles, encyclopedic entries, and book reviews. She lives in the Boston area.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hatje Cantz
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3893223509
• ISBN 13: 9783893223503
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 120