Archiv für die Kategorie ‘architecture’

The return to nature in the Austrian radicial thinking: the case of Gunther Domenig

This paper discusses the inclusion of nature in the utopian vision of the radical movements of the 60s and 70s. In particular, it presents the Austrian radicals as the first and main supporters towards the aforementioned tendency. The introduction of nature in the built environment is a feature of Austrian radicalism since its first generation which includes authors such as Raimund Abraham, Walter Pichler, Hans Hollein and Gunther Domenig. The latter is taken here presented as the main representative of this current on the architectonic scale. Three of his works are described in the text to represent three different declinations of this trend towards biomimicry.

Challenges creating Artificial Natures

Our work on the exhibition ‘Artificial Natures’ at the Architecture Biennale 2018 in Venice had its challenges. Our responsibility was the creation of the main 3d worlds, for projection onto the ‘Triptych’ and the ‘Arcades’.

The focus is on five points that all heavily influenced the project development and understanding of dynamics in interdisciplinary teams in a creative process.

Media Archeology in Architecture, Representation and Simulation of Artificial Natures

The relationship of the human being with the images has become so close throughout the ages, to the point that the image is part of his reality, becoming habitable, the proof are the new concepts of augmented reality and virtual reality, But where can we find the pioneering experiences in simulation and recreation of nature through the creative attitude of the human being?

0118 Martin Krummholz, Antonio Porta and Seventeenth-Century Central European Architecture

The text places the work of Antonio Porta (1631/32-1702) in the broader context of European architecture. It emphasises the close connections between Porta’s architecture and the work of Francesco Caratti and Jean Baptiste Mathey, […]

0116 Katarina Horvat-Levaj, The Sicilian Architect Tommaso Maria Napoli and the Baroque Cathedral of Dubrovnik

The design of the Dubrovnik Cathedral (1671-1713) – a monumental three-nave basilica with a dome over the crossing – was commissioned, thanks to Abbot Stjepan Gradić, from the Roman architect Andrea Bufalini. […]

0095 James W. Nelson Novoa, Legitimacy through Art in the Rome of Gregory XIII: The Commission to Baldassarre Croce in the Fonseca Chapel of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli

The article deals with the commission made out by the Portuguese merchant-banker António da Fonseca to Baldassarre Croce to decorate his family chapel in the church of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli in Rome, the national church of Castille […]

0080 Stefanie Linsboth, Der hochgotische Chor von Maria am Gestade in Wien – Bauintention und Nutzung

In the middle of the 14th century, the chapel Maria am Gestade at the edge of the medieval city of Vienna was extended by a three-bay chancel with a […]

0076 Katarina Horvat-Levaj and Margareta Turkalj Podmanicki, A Viennese Project in Valpovo (Croatia)

The Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary in Valpovo (1733–1736), exceptional both in its spatial organization and the design of its exterior, was constructed in specific […]

0071 Michael Falser, From Gaillon to Sanchi, from Vézelay to Angkor Wat. The Musée Indo-chinois in Paris: A Transcultural Perspective on Architectural Museums

The transfer and display of Asian monumental architecture was a powerful means to appropriate the built cultural heritage of the colonies for the European métropole. Addressing a scientific desideratum […]

0064 Herman van Bergeijk, „Ein großer Vorsprung gegenüber Deutschland“. Die niederländischen Architekten auf der Bauhausausstellung von 1923 in Weimar

This article discusses the Dutch contribution to the International Architecture Exhibition that was part of the Bauhaus Manifestation in 1923. The Dutch architect J.J.P. Oud, together with […]