TY - BOOK ID - 7264701 TI - Architecture without content AU - Geers, Kersten. AU - Zanderigo, Andrea AU - Pančevac, Jelena. AU - Piovene, Giovanni AU - Rodet, Dries AU - Kritis, Joris PY - 2015 SN - 9781907414411 9781907414428 9781907414435 9781907414442 9781907414459 9781907414466 9783960987598 3960987595 1907414460 1907414444 1907414428 190741441X 1907414452 1907414436 PB - London Bedford Press DB - UniCat KW - Architecture. KW - Reference (Philosophy) KW - Representation (Philosophy). KW - Philosophy and cognitive science. KW - Content (Psychology) KW - Architecture KW - Theory KW - OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen (Architectural firm). KW - Study and teaching. KW - 72.039 KW - Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 2000 - 2050 KW - Geers, Kersten KW - Princen, Bas UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7264701 AB - Architecture Without Content is the first publication of five studio reports from workshops taught by Kersten Geers at Columbia University, Mendrisio Academy of Architecture, Graz University of Technology and EPFL Lausanne. Beginning as a study of ‘The Big Box’, a big industrial building that could contain many things, the Architecture Without Content studio develops the idea of a possible architecture of the perimeter, a pragmatic kind of architecture that remains radical and precise. Architecture Without Content is architecture reduced to its very perimeter. Only the economy of the envelope determines the success of the building. Its radical frugality does not make it less critical. Economy of means is the weapon of choice to express its ideology. Architecture Without Content finds its roots in the Big Box. Architecture Without Content is too big to ignore. Architecture Without Content started as a study of the big box. It ends as an exercise in form and classicism. The twelve issues collected here complete the full set of 33 incarnations of Architecture Without Content. Architecture Without Content was always interested in an architecture that is reduced to its perimeter. That has not changed. Architecture Without Content is difficult, troubled, realistic and conscious. It always tries to figure out where the project happens. ER -