The Mereological City
Author | : Daniel Köhler |
Publisher | : transcript Verlag |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2016-03-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783839434666 |
ISBN-13 | : 3839434661 |
Rating | : 4/5 (661 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Mereological City written by Daniel Köhler and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a positive departure from modernism, the work of the art critic and urbanist Ludwig Hilberseimer offers schemata towards the design for the city itself: its mereological composition. The resonance of parts unfolds to an alternative of a purely contrasting equation of form and content. It reminds us, that when the ground (gr.: logos) of the city is defined by its parts (gr.: meros), its architecture, the city in turn always also is part of the architecture as its desire. »The Mereological City« introduces a mereological methodology and contributes to an ongoing discussion about an ecological form of urban design.