Fundamental Concepts of Architecture: The Vocabulary of Spatial Situations

Alban Janson; Florian Tigges

Published by Birkhäuser 2014

Fundamental Concepts of Architecture

The Vocabulary of Spatial Situations

Alban Janson and Florian Tigges

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783034608923

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About this book

Dictionary of architectural experience

Architecture is an experience – with the intellect and with all our senses, in motion, and in use. But in order to actually discuss and assess it with relevance, a clarification of terms is essential in order to avoid the vagueness that often prevails when talking about architecture.
This dictionary provides a vocabulary that allows the architecture discourse to go beyond the declaration of constructive relationships or the description of architectonic forms in familiar terms like “roof,” “base,” “wall,” and “axis” or “proportion”. The point is to describe the experience of architecture: how exactly does it contribute to the experience of a situation? For instance, the staging of an entrance situation, or the layout and visitor routes through a museum.
From “context,” through “guidance,” “readability,” “patina,” “spatial structure,” “symmetry” and “tectonics,” to “width” (and “narrowness”) or “window,” the most important terms in architectural language are explained precisely and in detail.

Accurate sketches by the author illustrate the text and form a visual counterweight to explain a total of 134 keywords
Complex architectural concepts are explained in detail
Easy to understand for the interested non-professional

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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Access - Axis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Balance - Building Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
Cabinet - Cupola Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
Dance - Dwelling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Elevator - Extension Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Fabric - Furniture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
Gallery - Guidance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
Hall - House Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
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Joining - Joint Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
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Odour - Outdoor space Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Panel - Purpose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
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Urban design - Use Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	344
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Walking - Workplace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Pages
- Main content: 396
Keywords: architecture; dictionary

eBook

Published: February 28, 2014
ISBN: 9783034608923

Hardcover

Published: February 27, 2014
ISBN: 9783034612616