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Author:   Peter Šenk
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781138280359

ISBN 10:   1138280356
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   10 October 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Frame(work). 2. Development: Pioneers and Contemporaries. Subsistence Minimum (Existenzminimum). CIAM and the New Generation. From Buckminster Fuller to Counterculture 1960. British Techno-Utopia and Experiments for the Immediate Future. Japanese Metabolism and the Philosophy of Change. 3. Catalog: Typology and Its Manifestation. Autonomous Cells. Connective Cells. 4. Medium: Typology and Image. Envelope: Protection and Representation (Exterior). Envelope: Comfort Equipment and Feedback Simulation (Interior). Prefabricated Integrity (Structure, Function, Representation). Temporariness (Time and Space). Mobility (Movement). 5. Coda: In Pursuit of Other Architecture. Select Bibliography. Index.

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Rereading the history of 20th century architecture through the lens of the capsule, Peter Senk reassesses a line of technotopianism in modernism. His `genealogy of the capsule`, from functionalism over Buckminster Fuller, team X, metabolism, Archigram and the hippie scene, is a refreshing rediscovery of architectural dreams in the Space and Machine Age. - Lieven De Cauter, Author of a.o. The Capsular Civilization. A capsule in architecture. This monad of human inhabitation, driven by industrialization and rapid growth of population, was one of the most typical phenomenon of the last century. Now, the architects' enthusiasm seems to be lulled. However, our planet is still growing. The issue is more related to philosophy than to design fashion. Peter Senk's well-informed and well-thought-out book will provide the guideline for the next stage of monadist world still in the population explosion. - Hajime Yatsuka, Architect and Critic, Organizer of the METABOLISM THE CITY OF THE FUTURE Exhibition (2011 Tokyo, 2013 Taipei).

Rereading the history of 20th century architecture through the lens of the capsule, Peter Senk reassesses a line of technotopianism in modernism. His `genealogy of the capsule`, from functionalism over Buckminster Fuller, team X, metabolism, Archigram and the hippie scene, is a refreshing rediscovery of architectural dreams in the Space and Machine Age. - Lieven De Cauter, Author of a.o. The Capsular Civilization. A capsule in architecture. This monad of human inhabitation, driven by industrialization and rapid growth of population, was one of the most typical phenomenon of the last century. Now, the architects' enthusiasm seems to be lulled. However, our planet is still growing. The issue is more related to philosophy than to design fashion. Peter Senk's well-informed and well-thought-out book will provide the guideline for the next stage of monadist world still in the population explosion. - Hajime Yatsuka, Architect and Critic, Organizer of the METABOLISM THE CITY OF THE FUTURE Exhibition (2011 Tokyo, 2013 Taipei).

Author Information

Peter Šenk is Assistant Professor of Architecture and Spatial Planning at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture at the University of Maribor, Slovenia. He is a researcher and writer in the field of architecture, urban planning, and visual culture, an architect (co-founder of Studio Stratum), and a curator (at the House of Architecture, Maribor).

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