L’architettura come sistema di differenze

<p>There are many cases in which the “direction” of architecture seems to be indifferent to the architect who designs it. Among these, the Guggenheim Museum in New York by Frank Lloyd Wright is highly emblematic: through the long and troubled project’s phases it shows a surprising “reversibili...

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Main Author: Marco Biraghi
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Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2012-10-01
Series:Aisthesis
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Online Access:http://www.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/11470
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description <p>There are many cases in which the “direction” of architecture seems to be indifferent to the architect who designs it. Among these, the Guggenheim Museum in New York by Frank Lloyd Wright is highly emblematic: through the long and troubled project’s phases it shows a surprising “reversibility”, horizontal and vertical.</p> <p>In most cases, however, the “direction” of architecture is determined by factors which are situated outside of it, as are existing buildings, or the circumstances of the site and the factors of exposure, lighting and ventilation. In this sense, architecture not only reveals the existence of differences but it builds them, becoming itself a system of differences.</p>
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L’architettura come sistema di differenze
Aisthesis
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Reversibility
Double
Architecture
Topology
title L’architettura come sistema di differenze
title_full L’architettura come sistema di differenze
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Reversibility
Double
Architecture
Topology
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