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Jormakka, Kari.

Flying Dutchmen : motion in architecture. / txt Kari Jormakka ; [traduzione dall'inglese di Fabrizia Macchia]. - 93 p. ill. (some col.) ; plans ; 19 cm. book - Universale di architettura La rivoluzione informatica 121. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [90]-93).

Contents:
Introduction 5 --
The Language of Speed 9 --
Living Architecture 15 --
Framing Movement 21 --
Architectural Promenades 27 --
Diagrams 37 --
Abstract Machines 42 --
Movement without a Mobile 46 --
Duration 50 --
Smooth Space 52 --
Embodiment 55 --
Liquid Architecture 58 --
Architecture and Dance 62 --
Space and Motion 67 --
Objects and Fields 73 --
Reconfiguring the Practice 79 --
Further Reading 90 --


This volume shows how a selection of Dutch architects have incorporated the issue of movement in their buildings. The analyses provide a glimpse into the design process and its results, from sensitive surfaces to dynamic spaces, from aerodynamic forms tointeractively linked buildings.


Translation of: Flying Dutchmen.

ISBN: 9783764366391

LCCN: 2002500573

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Motion in architecture.
Architecture
Architecture--History--Netherlands--20th century.
Architecture--Technological innovations

LC Class. No.: NA1148 / J67 2002