TY - JOUR
T1 - Seeking the real
T2 - the special case of Peter Zumthor
AU - Platt, Christopher
AU - Spier, Steven
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Architectural Theory Review on 30/03/2010, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13264821003629238.
PY - 2010/4/30
Y1 - 2010/4/30
N2 - Peter Zumthor writes about "developing an architecture which sets out from and returns to real things" referring to both his own design process and the qualities he wishes his architecture to convey. In an architecture culture long accustomed to media saturation and the image, the phrase 'real things' is provocative and potentially archaic. This paper examines what Zumthor means by that term by investigating how he establishes the core ideas or principles that come to inform design development; namely, by his approach to a brief, a site, and a context. The paper draws on his writings as well as our own experience of being in his buildings, particularly through a rare interview that we conducted with him in his new house and atelier in Haldenstein.
AB - Peter Zumthor writes about "developing an architecture which sets out from and returns to real things" referring to both his own design process and the qualities he wishes his architecture to convey. In an architecture culture long accustomed to media saturation and the image, the phrase 'real things' is provocative and potentially archaic. This paper examines what Zumthor means by that term by investigating how he establishes the core ideas or principles that come to inform design development; namely, by his approach to a brief, a site, and a context. The paper draws on his writings as well as our own experience of being in his buildings, particularly through a rare interview that we conducted with him in his new house and atelier in Haldenstein.
KW - architecture
KW - design
KW - buildings
KW - architecture culture
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13264821003629238
U2 - 10.1080/13264821003629238
DO - 10.1080/13264821003629238
M3 - Article
SN - 1326-4826
VL - 15
SP - 30
EP - 42
JO - Architectural Theory Review
JF - Architectural Theory Review
IS - 1
ER -