02083cam a22003015i 4500 20839472 Urban Next Europ 20230105110014.0 a|||||q|||| 00| 0 cr an aaaaa 190205s2019 nyu q 000 0 eng 2019933360 9781638409489 (epub) DLC eng rda DLC pcc Zaera, Alejandro author. The ecologies of the building envelope : a material history and theory of architectural surfaces / Alejandro Zaera Polo, Jeffrey Anderson. New York, NY : Actar Publishers, 2019. one EPUB e-book (394.7MB) text txt rdacontent "While the façade is one of the most thoroughly theorized elements of architecture, it is also one of the most questioned since the end of the 19th century. Within the discipline of architecture, the traditional understanding of the façade focuses primarily on semiotic and compositional operations (such as proportional laws and linguistic codes), which are deployed on the building’s surface. In contrast to this, our material and environmental theory of the envelope proposes that the exponential development of building technologies since the mid-19th century, coupled with new techniques of management and regulation, have diminished the compositional and ornamental capacities of the envelope in favor of material, quantitative, and technical performances. Rather than producing a stylistic analysis of the façade, we investigate the historical lineages of the performances, components, assembly types, and material entanglements that constitute the contemporary building envelope."-- Provided by publisher. E-book. Barcelona, SP. Actar Publishers. 2021. EPUB file. Technology & Fabrication Anderson, Jeffrey S.‏ (Architectural Designer) author. 0 ibc orignew 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg ddc CF 0 533 533 0 0 ddc 0 0 9876543210 9876543210 2022-11-30 0 2022-11-30 2022-11-30 CF