On Weathering: The Life of Buildings in Time
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (839 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 026263144X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 139 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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e said The Life of Buildings in Time. Contrary to another reviewer's characterization of this text as 'wordy', I find it refreshingly accessible within the context of architectural theory. Its premise is simple. Often buildings are conceived as being finished products and in their most ideal state at the time of their construction's completion (like the pure white boxes of early modernism), and from this point they begin to degrade as they weather over time. But one can think of the situation differently, where construction's completion simply marks the beginning of the "life of buildings in time." In thin. A Customer said A Fresh New Approach on Materiality. This book provides a fresh new approach on how architects and/or designers should view the use of materials. The ingeneous approach on how the natural weathering process of materials can be a phenomenon that may enrich a material's physical property, provides a great insightful approach for a 'responsible' use of materials in architecture. This book is a MUST read for all those architecture students that have a great interest in materials.. adoptme said Wordy without Reason. On Weathering is entirely disappointing due to the contents and quality of photos, with the lack of technical text to compliment the body of information which it 'tries' to represent. The book would have been better if it were to have offered a more in-depth reading into each building or technique.Overall: B-
On Weathering illustrates the complex nature of the architectural project by taking into account its temporality, linking technical problems of maintenance and decay with a focused consideration of their philosophical and ethical implications.In a clear and direct account supplemented by many photographs commissioned for this book, Mostafavi and Leatherbarrow examine buildings and other projects from Alberti to Le Corbusier to show that the continual refinishing of the building by natural forces adds to, rather than detracts from, architectural meaning. Their central discovery, that weathering makes the "final" state of the construction necessarily indefinite, challenges the conventional notion of a building's completeness.By recognizing the inherent uncertainty and inevitability of weathering and by viewing the concept of weathering as a continuation of the building process rather than as a force antagonistic to it, the authors offer alternative readings of historical constructions and potential beginnings for new architectu
Plattus, Associate Dean, School of Architecture, Yale University)From Ancient Rome to the present, a broad range of examples are marshaled for the purpose of illuminating contemporary practice and understanding. The most profound examples (Palazzo Zuccari, Brion Cemetery) transform the practical necessities into rich metaphor, whereby stains become the basis of light, aging of metamorphosis and renewal. (Alan J. Outside of technical literature, few architectural historians, theorists, or critics have considered the material consequences of the temporal dimension with respect to either the making or the experience of architecture. This, finally, is seen to exemplify an approach not only to the processes and meanings of nature, but even more, of history, that is more genuinely c
Mohsen Mostafavi is Dean of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.