Journal for Architectural Knowledge
Texte auf Englisch
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Candide is a journal dedicated to exploring the culture of knowledge specific to architecture. The Current Issue features:
Essay
Jonathan Phillips, MacGuffin’ Behind the Curtain. Interindividual explanations of innovation in architecture. Phillips forcefully challenges the notion of the ‘genius architect’ by engaging Simmel’s notion of ‘Vergesellschaftung.’
Project
Angelika Schnell, The Socialist Perspective of the XV Triennale di Milano. Hans Schmidt’s Influence on Aldo Rossi. Schnell revises the formalist reception of the Italian architect’s work by highlighting the central influence of GDR architecture on his thinking.
Analysis
Anke Naujokat, Ut rhetorica architectura. Leon Battista Alberti’s Technique of Architectural Collage. Naujokat analyzes Alberti’s eclectic design for the Tempietto of the Holy Sepulchre in light of the humanist’s rhetorical formation.
Encounters
Roberto Zancan and Matteo d’Ambros in conversation with Bernardo Secchi, Saint George and the Dragon. Secchi’s text ‘Il racconto urbanistico’ (1984) represented a paradigm shift for town planning theory in Italy, but was hardly received abroad. A discussion.
Fiction
Joanna Zawieja, Houses. Zawieja uses image and text to reveal the multiple desires of a client and her architect.