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Précis of the Lectures on Architecture: With Graphic Portion of the Lectures on Architecture
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand Durand (1760-1834) regarded the Précis of the Lectures on Architecture (1802-5) and its companion volume, the Graphic Portion (1821), as both a basic course for future civil engineers and a treatise. Focusing the practice of architecture on utilitarian and economic
values, he assailed the rationale behind classical architectural training: beauty, proportionality, and symbolism. His formal systematization of plans, elevations, and sections transformed architectural design into a selective modular typology in which symmetry and simple geometrical forms
prevailed. His emphasis on pragmatic values, to the exclusion of metaphysical concerns, represented architecture as a closed system that subjected its own formal language to logical processes. Now published in English for the first time, the Précis and the Graphic Portion are classics of
architectural education.
values, he assailed the rationale behind classical architectural training: beauty, proportionality, and symbolism. His formal systematization of plans, elevations, and sections transformed architectural design into a selective modular typology in which symmetry and simple geometrical forms
prevailed. His emphasis on pragmatic values, to the exclusion of metaphysical concerns, represented architecture as a closed system that subjected its own formal language to logical processes. Now published in English for the first time, the Précis and the Graphic Portion are classics of
architectural education.
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360 pages, Paperback
First published October 12, 2000
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November 27, 2014¡Al fin he podido acabar de leerlo!
Interesante con ideas acertadas, pero Durand se llega a repetir mucho y hace un estudio bastante pormenorizado de los métodos constructivos. También utiliza muchos ejemplos, en numerosas ocasiones prescindiendo de la importancia del programa de un determinado tipo.
Un libro puro y duro para estudiantes de arquitectura :)
Interesante con ideas acertadas, pero Durand se llega a repetir mucho y hace un estudio bastante pormenorizado de los métodos constructivos. También utiliza muchos ejemplos, en numerosas ocasiones prescindiendo de la importancia del programa de un determinado tipo.
Un libro puro y duro para estudiantes de arquitectura :)
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