Published by Birkhäuser 2018

Stoffwechsel

Materialverwandlung in der Architektur

Metabolism: Transforming Materials in Architecture

Ákos Moravánszky

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035608199

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About this book

Constructing material

Materiality is a recurring and central issue in architecture. This book explains how materials are "constructed", how they become cultural substances. Metamorphism investigates the complex relationship between natural materials and technology, science and sensuality.

Gottfried Semper (1803–1879) made the notion of Stoffwechsel the key element of his theory. With this concept he intended to explain how a structural form originally bound to a method of processing is transferred from one material to another, liberated from its original function.

For the first time, the book investigates the subject from a historic point of view whilst reflecting on current interdisciplinary research. Examples from Aalto to Zumthor illustrate the specific aspects of historic and contemporary material concepts.

Materiality as a subject of systematic architectural critique
Analyses of built examples illustrate historical and contemporary approaches
Explanation of Semper’s theory of metabolic processes as a theoretical model for architecture

Author / Editor information

Prof.em Ákos Moravánszky, Lehrstuhl für Architekturtheorie und Geschichte, ETH Zürich

Reviews

"Ein grossartiges Buch [...]"
Christoph Wieser in: werk, bauen + wohnen 7 / 8 — 2018, 44-45

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
INHALT Publicly Available Download PDF	5
VORWORT: ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
1. EINFÜHRUNG: WEITERSTRICKEN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. WEGE ZUR MATERIE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3. STOFFE DER NATUR Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
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5. DIE NATUR DER STOFFE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
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7. DIE THEORIE UND PRAXIS DES STOFFWECHSELS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
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(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Architects, art historians, students
Pages
- Main content: 320
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 285
Keywords: Material; Semper; Stoffwechsel

eBook

Published: November 20, 2017
ISBN: 9783035608199

Hardcover

Published: November 20, 2017
ISBN: 9783035610185