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The Ecologies of the Building Envelope - by Alejandro Zaera-Polo & Jeffrey Anderson (Hardcover)
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- The Ecologies of the Building Envelope theorizes the building envelope as a literal embodiment of the social, political, technological, and economic contingencies which have become embedded within it over the last century, analyzing the historical lineages, heroes and villains that helped define the complex material ecologies we see within the envelope today.
- Author(s): Alejandro Zaera-Polo & Jeffrey Anderson
- 491 Pages
- Architecture, Methods & Materials
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The Ecologies of the Building Envelope theorizes the building envelope as a literal embodiment of the social, political, technological, and economic contingencies which have become embedded within it over the last century, analyzing the historical lineages, heroes and villains that helped define the complex material ecologies we see within the envelope today. While the façade is one of the most thoroughly theorized elements of architecture, it is also one of the most questioned since the end of the 19th century. Within the discipline of architecture, the traditional understanding of the façade focuses primarily on semiotic and compositional operations (such as proportional laws and linguistic codes), which are deployed on the building's surface. In contrast to this, our material and environmental theory of the envelope proposes that the exponential development of building technologies since the mid-19th century, coupled with new techniques of management and regulation, have diminished the compositional and ornamental capacities of the envelope in favor of material, quantitative, and technical performances. Rather than producing a stylistic analysis of the façade, we investigate the historical lineages of the performances, components, assembly types, and material entanglements that constitute the contemporary building envelope.Review Quotes
"...a reference for students and architects interested in the evolution of facades." --John Hill, A Daily Dose of Architecture
"...a very accessible piece of work as precisely detailed and rich as the building envelopes and systems described within. As such, I do not hesitate to say that The Ecologies of The Building Envelope: A Material History and Theory of Architectural Surfaces will give its fortunate readers a refreshing take on a seemingly mundane subject in dire need of a new story. --Erick Villagomez, Spacing Vancouver
Dimensions (Overall): 10.4 Inches (H) x 8.0 Inches (W) x 1.4 Inches (D)
Weight: 3.85 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Methods & Materials
Genre: Architecture
Number of Pages: 491
Publisher: Actar
Format: Hardcover
Author: Alejandro Zaera-Polo & Jeffrey Anderson
Language: English
Street Date: July 27, 2021
TCIN: 1002296692
UPC: 9781948765183
Item Number (DPCI): 247-40-9487
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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