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Chora : intervals in the philosophy of architecture. Volume 2
Posted on 31 May 2013

  • Chora : intervals in the philosophy of architecture. Volume 2 - edited by Alberto PeĢrez-GoĢmez and Stephen Parcell.
    Material Type: Book
    Language: English
    OUM Control No: 000159983
    Publication Details: Montreal : Published for the History and Theory of Architecture Graduate Program, McGill University by McGill-Queen's University Press, c1996.
    Description: 325 p. : ill.
    Item Type: Online
    Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references.
    ISBN No:
    • 0773514066
    • 0773514074
    • 9780773514065

      Summary: Karsten Harries provides a new and long-overdue reading of Martin Heidegger's well-known essay "Building Dwelling Thinking." Donald Kunze and Stephen Parcell consider possibilities of meaningful architectural space for a visual culture, continuing themes they addressed in Chora 1. Further reflections on the spaces of literature, cinema, and architecture include an interview with French writer and film maker Alain Robbe-Grillet and articles by Dagmar Motycka Weston on the surrealist city, Tracey Eve Winton on the museum as a paradigmatic modern building, and Terrance Galvin on spiritual space in the works of Jean Cocteau. Jean-Pierre Chupin and Bram Ratner explore historical themes in their essays on French Renaissance architect Philibert de l'Orme and the Jewish myth of the Golem. Gregory Caicco addresses ethical questions in his essay on the Greek agora and the death of Socrates, as does Lily Chi in her meditation on the critical issue of use in architectural works. A concern with architectural representation and generative strategies for the making of architecture is present throughout, especially in the essay by Joanna Merwood on the provocative House by British artist Rachel Whiteread.

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