Bare Architecture: A Schizoanalysis
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Bare Architecture: A Schizoanalysis

Bare Architecture: A Schizoanalysis

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Chris L. Smith (Author)  

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Bare Architecture: a schizoanalysis, is a poststructural exploration of the interface between architecture and the body. Chris L. Smith skilfully introduces and explains numerous concepts drawn from poststructural philosophy to explore the manner by which the architecture/body relation may be rethought in the 21st century. Multiple well-known figures in the discourses of poststructuralism are invoked: Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, Roland Barthes, Georges Bataille, Maurice Blanchot, Jorges Luis Borges and Michel Serres. These figures bring into view the philosophical frame in which the body is formulated. Alongside the philosophy, the architecture that Smith comes to refer to as 'bare architecture' is explored. Smith considers architecture as a complex construction and the book draws upon literature, art and music, to provide a critique of the limits, extents and opportunities for architecture itself. The book considers key works from the architects Douglas Darden, Georges Pingusson, Lacatan and Vassal, Carlo Scarpa, Peter Zumthor, Marco Casagrande and Sami Rintala and Raumlabor. Such works are engaged for their capacities to foster a rethinking of the relation between architecture and the body.
Chris L. Smith is Associate Professor of Architectural Design and Techne, The University of Sydney, Australia.
  • Contributor: Chris L. Smith
  • Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
  • ISBN13: 9781350138940
  • Number of Pages: 224
  • Packaged Dimensions: 156x234mm
  • Packaged Weight: 327
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Release Date: 2019-06-27
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Chris L. Smith is Associate Professor of Architectural Design and Techne, The University of Sydney, Australia.

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