Stoffwechsel
About this book
Constructing material
Materiality is a recurring and central issue in architecture. This book explains how materials are "constructed", how they become cultural substances. Metamorphism investigates the complex relationship between natural materials and technology, science and sensuality.
Gottfried Semper (1803–1879) made the notion of Stoffwechsel the key element of his theory. With this concept he intended to explain how a structural form originally bound to a method of processing is transferred from one material to another, liberated from its original function.
For the first time, the book investigates the subject from a historic point of view whilst reflecting on current interdisciplinary research. Examples from Aalto to Zumthor illustrate the specific aspects of historic and contemporary material concepts.
- Materiality as a subject of systematic architectural critique
- Analyses of built examples illustrate historical and contemporary approaches
- Explanation of Semper’s theory of metabolic processes as a theoretical model for architecture
Author / Editor information
Prof.em Ákos Moravánszky, Lehrstuhl für Architekturtheorie und Geschichte, ETH Zürich
Reviews
Christoph Wieser in: werk, bauen + wohnen 7 / 8 — 2018, 44-45
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INHALT
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VORWORT: ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL
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1. EINFÜHRUNG: WEITERSTRICKEN
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2. WEGE ZUR MATERIE
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3. STOFFE DER NATUR
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4. DIE VIER ELEMENTE DER ARCHITEKTUR
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5. DIE NATUR DER STOFFE
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6. DAS LEBEN DER MATERIE
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7. DIE THEORIE UND PRAXIS DES STOFFWECHSELS
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8. DAS PRINZIP DER BEKLEIDUNG
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9. AFFEN DER STOFFE
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10. IMMATERIALITÄT UND FORMLOSIGKEIT
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LITERATUR
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PERSONENREGISTER
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ABBILDUNGSNACHWEIS
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