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On Weathering illustrates the complex nature of the architectural project by taking into account its temporality, linking technical problems of maintenance and decay with a focused consideration of their philosophical and ethical implications.In a clear and direct account supplemented by many photographs commissioned for this book, Mostafavi and Leatherbarrow examine buildings and other projects from Alberti to Le Corbusier to show that the continual refinishing of the building by natural forces adds to, rather than detracts from, architectural meaning. Their central discovery, that weathering makes the "final" state of the construction necessarily indefinite, challenges the conventional notion of a building's completeness.By recognizing the inherent uncertainty and inevitability of weathering and by viewing the concept of weathering as a continuation of the building process rather than as a force antagonistic to it, the authors offer alternative readings of historical constructions and potential beginnings for new architectural projects.Mohsen Mostafavi is Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of the Master of Architecture I Program at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. David Leatherbarrow is Chairman of the Department of Architecture and of the Program in Urban Design at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania.
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Mohsen Mostafavi is Dean of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. David Leatherbarrow is Professor of Architecture and Chairman of the Graduate Group in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A Fresh New Approach on Materiality
12 July 2004
Format:Paperback
This book provides a fresh new approach on how architects and/or designers should view the use of materials. The ingeneous approach on how the natural weathering process of materials can be a phenomenon that may enrich a material's physical property, provides a great insightful approach for a 'responsible' use of materials in architecture. This book is a MUST read for all those architecture students that have a great interest in materials.
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The Life of Buildings in Time
26 Sep 2011
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Contrary to another reviewer's characterization of this text as 'wordy', I find it refreshingly accessible within the context of architectural theory. Its premise is simple. Often buildings are conceived as being finished products and in their most ideal state at the time of their construction's completion (like the pure white boxes of early modernism), and from this point they begin to degrade as they weather over time. But one can think of the situation differently, where construction's completion simply marks the beginning of the "life of buildings in time." In thinking this way one can anticipate the effects of weathering upon a building, and design it to accept or receive these inevitable traces of time's passage. This very clear theme is illuminated by the skillful analysis of architectural works ranging from the Renaissance (Alberti, and others) to Modernism and beyond (Wagner, Le Corbusier, Scarpa, and more).
I would recommend this text to anyone in the field of architecture--from practitioners to students. It reminds us that when architectural works are realized, they exist within a temporal world and are exposed to the forces of nature, a situation replete with opportunities for a work's enrichment... that is, if one is thoughtful enough to take advantage of them.
I would recommend this text to anyone in the field of architecture--from practitioners to students. It reminds us that when architectural works are realized, they exist within a temporal world and are exposed to the forces of nature, a situation replete with opportunities for a work's enrichment... that is, if one is thoughtful enough to take advantage of them.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Wordy without Reason
17 Mar 2011
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On Weathering is entirely disappointing due to the contents and quality of photos, with the lack of technical text to compliment the body of information which it 'tries' to represent. The book would have been better if it were to have offered a more in-depth reading into each building or technique.
Overall: B-
Overall: B-
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