Main entry:

Schumacher, Patrik, 1961-

Title & Author:

The autopoiesis of architecture / Patrik Schumacher.

Publication:

Chichester : J. Wiley, ©2011-2012.

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
"The book elaborates the theory of architecture's autopoiesis in 12 parts (five parts in Vol 1 and seven parts in Vol 2)"--Pref., v. 1.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
V. 1. A new framework for architecture : Introduction: architecture as autopoietic system : Architecture as a system of communications ; A unified theory of architecture ; Functional vs. causal explanations ; The quest for comprehensiveness ; The premises imported from social systems theory ; Architecture's place within society -- Architectural theory : The unity of architecture ; The evolution of architecture ; The necessity of theory -- The historical emergence of architecture : The emergence of architecture as self-referential system ; Foundation and refoundation of architecture ; Avant-garde vs. mainstream ; Architectural research ; The necessity of demarcation -- Architecture as autopoietic system: operations, structures and processes : Architectural autopoiesis within functionally differentiated society ; The autonomy of architecture ; The elemental operation of architecture ; The lead-distinction within architecture and the design disciplines ; The codification of architecture ; Architectural styles ; Styles as research programmes ; The rationality of aesthetic values ; The double-nexus of architectural communications: themes vs. projects -- The medium of architecture : Medium and form ; The medium and the time structure of the design process -- The societal function of architecture : Architecture as societal function system ; Innovation as crucial aspect of architecture's societal function ; Strategies and techniques of innovation ; Key innovations: place, space, field -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix 1. Comparative matrix of societal function systems -- Appendix 2. Theses 1-24.
V.2. A new agenda for architecture : The task of architecture : Functions ; Order via organization and articulation ; Organization ; Supplementing architecture with a science of configuration ; Articulation ; The phenomenological vs. the semiological dimension of architecture ; The phenomenological dimension of architectural articulation ; The semiological dimension of architectural articulation ; Prolegomenon to architecture's semiological project ; The semiological project and the general project of architectural order -- 7. The Design process : Contemporary context and aim of design process theory ; Towards a contemporary design process reflection and design methodology ; The design process as problem-solving process ; Differentiating classical, modern and contemporary processes ; Problem definition and problem structure ; Rationality, retrospective and prospective ; Modelling spaces -- 8. Architecture and society : World architecture within world society ; Autonomy vs. authority ; Architecture's conception of society ; Architecture in relation to other societal subsystems ; Architecture as profession and professional career ; The built environment as primordial condition of society -- 9. Architecture and politics : Is political architecture possible? ; Theorizing the relationship between architecture and politics ; Architecture adapts to political development ; The limitations of critical practice in architecture -- 10. Self-descriptions of architecture : Theoretical underpinnings ; The necessity of reflection theory ; Classic treatises ; Architectural historiography ; Architectural criticism -- 11. Parametricism: the parametric paradigm and the formation of a new style : Parametricism as epochal style ; The parametricist research programme ; Parametricist vs. modernist urbanism ; Elegance -- 12. Epilogue : The design of a theory : Theoretical foundation: communication theory vs. historical materialism? ; The theory of architectural autopoiesis as unified theory of architecture ; Notes on the architecture of the theory ; The theory as the result of contingent theory design decisions -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix 3. The autopoiesis of architecture in the context of three classic texts -- Appendix 4. Theses 25-60.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

A major theoretical work by one of the world's leading architects that revolutionizes the application of current thinking on design. This second volume addresses the specific, contemporary challenges that architecture faces.

ISBN:

9780470772997 (v. 1 ; hbk.)
0470772999 (v. 1 ; hbk.)
9780470772980 (v. 1 ; pbk.)
0470772980 (v. 1 ; pbk.)
9780470666159 (v. 2 ; hbk.)
0470666153 (v. 2 ; hbk.)
9780470666166 (v. 2 ; pbk.)
0470666161 (v. 2 ; pbk.)
9781119990499 (ebk.)
1119990491 (ebk.)
9781119990505 (v. 1 : e-book)
9781119989943 (v. 1 : e-book)
9781119940463 (v. 2 : ebk.)
9781119940470 (v. 2 : ebk.)
9781119940487 (v. 2 : ebk.)

Subject:

Architecture Philosophy.
Autopoiesis.
Autopoïèse.
Architecture and Planning.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277186
Call No.: NA44.S3927.A35 2011
Copy: v. 1
Notes: hbk.
Status: Available

Location: Library main 282922
Call No.: NA44.S3927.A35 2011
Copy: v. 2
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available