Relational Theories of Urban Form: An AnthologyDaniel Kiss, Simon Kretz (Editors)Birkhäuser, March 2021

Paperback | 6 x 9 inches | 464 pages | English | ISBN: 9783035620764 | 29.95?

PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION:
This commentated anthology contains essential passages from eight important architecture and urban design theory texts from the 1960s to the 2010s. With these excerpts, the editors discursively outline the concept of form as a relational field of tension between man and material. The relational element is treated not only as a topos, but above all the interpretational perspective of architectural theory.
The texts are arranged under the guiding themes of Type, Process, Place, and Things. The texts themselves were written by authors including Christopher Alexander, Oswald Mathias Ungers, Fumihiko Maki, Alison and Peter Smithson, Lucius Burckhardt, Bruno Latour, and Manuel de Solà-Morales. They offer a paradigmatic foundation that encourages further research and the continued view through the "relational lens." Daniel Kiss, lecturer, Institute for Urban Design, ETH Zurich. Simon Kretz, senior assistant, lecturer for urban design, ETH Zurich.
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dDAB COMMENTARY:
When I was in graduate school for urban design, at least one of the classes used an urban studies reader as a textbook. The book packed a lot of content into its (overpriced) pages, but the formatting and layout left a lot of room for improvement. Most notably, man...