transparency, freedom, dematerialisation
Edición de la obra Open space
| Autor | Günther Feuerstein |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Edition Axel Menges, Edition Axel Menges GmbH |
| Fecha de publicación | 2011 |
| Lugar | Stuttgart |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 239 |
| ISBN-13 | 9783936681550 |
| ISBN-10 | 3936681554 |
| OCLC | 827175325 |
| LCCN | 2012536758 |
| Número de Cutter | F423o |
The aim of this study is to analyse and describe in detail one of the most important trends in architecture in the 19th and 20th centuries: the evolution leading from the closed, hermetic spaces of the early cultures and the Middle Ages to the 'open space' and transparency of the 19th and 20th/20st centuries. Historically, the focus is on the 'diaphanous' space of the Gothic cathedral, the opening of the late-Baroque dome towards the sky, the transparency of exhibition halls and hothouses in the 19th century, and the glass dreams of the early 20th century. The steel-and-glass technology of the past one hundred years has permitted even more transparency, openness, and dematerialisation on a scale never seen before.