Horror in Architecture
Horror in Architecture

by Joshua Comaroff and Ong Ker-Shing

Auteur(s)
Joshua Comaroff, Ong Ker-Shing
Uitgever, jaar
San Fransisco e.a. : ORO editions, 2013
Omvang
228 p., geïllustreerd, 18 cm.
ISBN
9781935935902

This book looks at the idea of horror and its analogues in architecture. In these, normal compositions become strange: extra limbs appear, holes open where they should not, individual objects are doubled or split or perversely occupied. Horror in Architecture may be read as a history, as an alternative to the classic canon of good and proper architectures, or as a sly manifesto for a new approach to the design of the built environment--one that encourages a playful subversion of conventions. Through an investigation that spans architecture, art, and literature, this study attempts to shed light on horror through its shifting forms and meanings--and to identify a creeping unease that lingers at the very center of the modern project.


Locatie in de bibliotheek
Architectuur en onbehagen / Architecture and Discomfort
Extra thema's
Architecture and Art, Body and Architecture, Body and Space, Residents and the built environment ;
Opmerkingen
Incl. Bibliographical References