I kommission for
Jovis Verlag
Dwelling and Architecture: From Heidegger to Koolhaas explores the
influence of Martin Heidegger’s concept of dwelling (Wohnen) in disputing
major imperatives of modern architecture. It is a book on both the history
of architecture and the history of ideas. Focused on the substantial
differences of the philosopher’s first-person approach to Le Corbusier’s
positivism, it goes on to draw on the views of the “Other Modern”. Of
Heidegger’s ideas, it pinpoints those that appealed to architects who
questioned the post-war modern architecture’s record, and demonstrates the
scope of appropriation of his theory on dwelling; an appropriation,
nevertheless, subject to limitations—for better or worse. Last but not
least, it traces Heidegger’s thoughts into the current debate on
architecture generated by modern-day architects and thinkers such as Aaron
Betsky and Rem Koolhaas.
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