Space is the Machine: A Configurational Theory of Architecture - Brossura

Hillier, Bill

Brossura

ISBN 10: 052164528X ISBN 13: 9780521645287

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Riassunto

Radical new theory of the spatial logic of buildings.

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Descrizione del libro

In this innovative book, Bill Hillier looks at a wide range of architectural and urban problems. Using new techniques of configurational analysis he shows that the patterns of space created by buildings are the key to how buildings and cities work for people.

Contenuti

Introduction; Part I. Theoretical Preliminaries: 1. What architecture adds to building; 2. The need for an analytical theory of architecture; 3. Non-discursive technique; Part II. Non-discursive Regularities: 4. Cities as movement economies; 5. Can architecture cause social malaise?; 6. Time as an aspect of space; 7. Visible colleges; Part III. The Laws of the Field: 8. Is architecture an ars combinatoria?; 9. The fundamental city; Part IV. Theoretical Syntheses: 10. Space is the machine; 11. The reasoning art; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 052164528X
• ISBN 13: 9780521645287
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 480
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile