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The Autonomy of Theory
(2024)gta editionFollowing the exhibition “Tendenzen—Neuere Architektur im Tessin” in Zurich in 1975, contemporaneous architecture in Ticino became the subject of fervent coverage in Swiss and international publications. This extended essay argues that the critical attention emancipated the narratives of Ticino architecture from the actual conditions of production, leading to the paradoxical divergence of its historiography from its history. Placing ...Monograph -
Splitterpoetologie
(2024)Was ist eine Autor:innenbibliothek und wie lässt sich mit ihr literaturwissenschaftlich arbeiten? In welchem Verhältnis zeigen sich in einem Romantext wie Thomas Manns »Joseph in Ägypten« (1936) die in seiner Nachlassbibliothek physisch erhaltenen, die bloß sekundär belegbaren und die nichterhaltenen Lektüren des Autors? Wie fügen sich daraus Textmotive und Bedeutungssplitter zu einem narrativen Muster zusammen, und wie verändert sich ...Monograph -
Averting Disaster Before It Strikes
(2023)Some of the major industrial disasters could have been prevented. When the facts of what happened are established, their stories share a common thread: before things spiralled out of control, there were workers at the affected sites who knew that the situation was dangerous, and could become catastrophic unless immediate action was taken. But tragically, nobody dared to tell the decision-makers who could have authorized that action. With ...Monograph -
Infrastructures of Freedom
(2023)Infrastructures of Freedom sheds light on the impact of inadequate public lighting in self-built communities in Cape Town. In democratic South Africa, where infrastructure provision still reflects deeply embedded notions of citizenship, informal neighborhoods with minimal infrastructure provision face challenges beyond access to basic services and opportunities. Fear, the feeling of being forgotten, and living in undignified conditions ...Monograph -
Das Leben des Kölner Magisters Gerhard von Wieringen (1451 bis nach 1501)
(2023)Repertorium Academicum Germanicum (RAG) - ForschungenDieses Buch handelt von Magister "Gerardus", der 1451 auf der ehemaligen Insel Wieringen in Nordholland geboren wurde. Er war einer von über 70’000 Studenten und Gelehrten, die mit ihren Studien- und Lebenswegen Aufnahme in das Repertorium Academicum Germanicum (rag-online.org) gefunden haben. Aber nur wenige von ihnen haben ein Selbstzeugnis hinterlassen, ein Notiz- und Rechnungsbuch, das für die Zeit von 1464 bis 1501 von Spuren gelehrter ...Monograph -
Inhabited Machines
(2023)Exploring ArchitectureWoher die Idee der Wohnmaschine kommt Um 1800 entstand mit der Konzeption gebauter Räume als technische Geräte eines der einflussreichsten architektonischen Denkmodelle der letzten 250 Jahre. Klima, Moral und Komfort bilden die tragenden Themen dieser Untersuchung, die in je eigenen Kapiteln im synchronen Vergleich und anschaulich mithilfe von Beispielen untersucht werden. Verfolgt wird das Aufkommen entsprechender Metaphern, Wissensinhalte ...Monograph -
Modelling the Metropolis
(2023)Architectural KnowledgeArchitectural models made nineteenth-century London. As the city grew it became the global centre of finance, industrial capitalism, and the British Empire. New buildings, urban spaces, and networks of infrastructure were demanded, constructed, and rebuilt. Models were a crucial medium of communication that enabled architects, politicians, and the wider public to conceive the city’s expansion of buildings and spaces. Based on extensive ...Monograph -
Flowcharting
(2023)gta editionBy the time the computer arrived on the architectural scene, its place had been prepared by decades of avant-gardist experimentation. The modernist program of rationalizing creative practice took a decidedly bureaucratic turn between two generations of constructivists in the 1930s and 1960s. From Paris to Cambridge, painters, poets, designers, and architects poured their energy into cracking the code of artistic genius in hopes of ...Monograph -
Mutual Integration in Immigration Society
(2023)The public culture of the receiving society and the dominant understanding of belonging and political membership can influence the social participation of immigrants as much as immigration law. However, current discussions of integration focus primarily on the distribution of rights and neglect the role of tacit knowledge. Through a systematical and philosophical analysis of identity's role in policy-making, governance and social practice, ...Monograph -
Architecture of Counterrevolution
(2022)Architectural KnowledgeAfter over 120 years of French colonial rule in Algeria, the growing aspirations for independence culminated in the Algerian Revolution of 1954, which lasted until 1962. In order to combat the uprisings, the French civilian and military authorities reorganized the entire territory of the country, swiftly erected new infrastructures and pursued building policies that were ultimately intended to stabilize French dominance in Algeria. The ...Monograph