The Architecture of the Jumping Universe: A Polemic - How Complexity Science is Changing Architecture and Culture

Jencks, Charles

ISBN 10: 185490406X / ISBN 13: 9781854904065

Published by Academy Editions, 1995

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Title: The Architecture of the Jumping Universe: A ...

Publisher: Academy Editions

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition, Second Impression.

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Synopsis:

This text discusses the basic ideas of complexity and chaos theories and presents many examples of architecture based on these ideas in the work of leading architects - Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, Charles Correa and Itsuko Hasegawa - along with ecological and organic designs. Charles Jenck's own recent work is used to illustrate concepts in physics and an architecture based on waves and twists. This work both advocates and criticizes as it seeks to define a new direction for the contemporary arts.

Review:

A new paradigm is sweeping through science, changing both our view of the universe and of mankind. Charles Jencks is one of a handful of thinkers with the courage to embrace the emerging paradigm and interpret it architecturally. This inspired synthesis of art, design, science and philosophy charts a bold new course not only for architecture, but for Post-Modern thought. -- The publisher