Rome : Urban Formation and Transformation
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1939621704
ISBN-13
9781939621702
Publisher
Oro Editions
Imprint
Oro Editions
Country of Manufacture
CN
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 1st, 2017
Print length
180 Pages
Weight
1,802 grams
Dimensions
29.10 x 28.70 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
City & town planning - architectural aspectsHistory of architecture
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A detailed overview of the city of Rome, which will be of interest to architectural students and professionals, as well as those who want to learn more about Rome.
Formation is ideal and utopian thinking, whereas Transformation is the adaptation of the ideal to the real or existing conditions. Are the two mutually exclusive? Or do they exist in conversation, a constant back-and-forth, push-and-pull between the idealised and the pragmatic? This book examines the dialectical relation of Formation and Transformation in the creation of the city. Taking Rome as its central case study, it develops a contextual theory of urban development that incorporates Italian Renaissance, Baroque architecture, and classical history.
Similarly, this book encourages the aspiring architectural student to consider the ramifications of practice and praxis. How can utopian thinking, and the actualised execution of that thinking, continue to operate in existing urban contexts? How can we relate the complexity of Roman urbanism to the role of Roman architecture in its urban context? This book manoeuvres through such difficult questions deftly, illuminating its points with a wide selection of colour images.
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