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Metamorphism: Material Change in Architecture

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Management number 232081514 Release Date 2026/06/18 List Price US$19.18 Model Number 232081514
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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. Read more

ASIN B0B2BDY415
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Format Print Replica
ISBN13 978-3035608069
Edition 1st
Language English
File size 31.4 MB
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Publisher Birkhäuser
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Print length 320 pages
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Publication date November 20, 2017
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