Behind Architectural Filters

Behind Architectural Filters

Phenomena of Interference

Guitart, Miguel

Taylor & Francis Ltd

03/2022

278

Mole

Inglês

9781032077499

15 a 20 dias

453

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Contents

Foreword. Harmonic Interference

David Leatherbarrow






Introduction. Materializing Light and Gaze



The Filter as a Limit of Space
Approaching the Idea of the Limit

Transforming Matter

Contour Conditions

On the Geometry of Filters

From Tradition to Virtuality: Historiographic Categories

The Dissipated Space Behind the Filter




The Filter as a Transitional Space
A Place of Lights and Shadows

The Vision of the Horizon

Exterior and Interior Landscapes

The Transitional Space: Ma and Engawa




The Filter as Structure and Construction
Natural Structure and Artificial Structure

The Structure of the Filter: Operations of Subtraction and Addition

The Stereotomic Filter: Predominance of Matter Over Air

The Tectonic Filter: Predominance of Air Over Matter

From the Perforated Box to the Disaggregated Framework




Generative Strategies





Strategies of Origin. Earth Filters and Air Filters
Earth Filters

Royal Bath. Comares Palace. The Alhambra. Granada, Spain. Fourteenth Century

Air Filters

Recoletos Court. Madrid, Spain. Eduardo Torroja; Secundino Zuazo. 1935




Strategies of Density. Heavy Filters and Light Filters
Heavy Filters

Melnikov House. Moscow, Russia. Konstantin S. Melnikov. 1927

Light Filters

Shuster Hall. Hunter College. Bronx, New York, US. Marcel Breuer; Robert F. Gatje. 1959






Strategies of Thickness. Shallow Filters and Deep Filters
Shallow Filters

Sarkhej Roza. Ahmedabad, India. Fifteenth Century

Deep Filters

Tower of Shadows. Chandigarh, India. Le Corbusier. 1956




Strategies of Function. Structural Filters and Enclosing Filters
Structural Filters

Public Library. Seattle, WA. Rem Koolhaas; Joshua Prince-Ramus. 2004

Enclosing Filters

Dominus Winery. Napa Valley, CA. Herzog & De Meuron. 1998




Strategies of Attention. Ground Filters and Figure Filters



Ground Filters

Heilige Familie Church. Oberhausen, Germany. Rudolf Schwarz. 1956

Figure Filters

Notre Dame du Haut. Ronchamp, France. Le Corbusier. 1955

6. Conclusions: Behind Architectural Filters

Index

Acknowledgements

Biography
Architectural Filter;Filtering Boundaries;Le Corbusier;Timeless;Architectural Emotion;Glass Pavilion;Structural Filters;La Alhambra;Material Continuity;Special Collections Research Center;Seattle Public Library;Royal Bath;Syracuse University Libraries;Le Ricolais;Contour Conditions;Eduardo Torroja;Filtering Strategies;De Meuron;Exterior View;Sir John Tenniel;Subtracted Filters;Humayun's Tomb;Rem Koolhaas;South Wall;Performative Requirements