In a Way It Is Also More Primitive: Baukunst on Technology, Time and Abstraction maps the intellectual territory of Belgian architecture office Baukunst, whose practice treats architecture simultaneously as a way of thinking about building and a way of building ways of thinking.
About This Book
Founded by Adrien Verschuere, Baukunst occupies an unusual position in contemporary architecture: a practice committed to holding art and technology in productive tension rather than resolving the friction between them. This slim volume, edited by Carlo Menon and published by Accattone, distils Baukunst's approach to architecture as a medium — one that draws on multiple forms of knowledge and refuses easy categorisation. The title's provocation is deliberate: primitivism and abstraction, technology and time, are not opposites to be reconciled but registers of a single, sustained inquiry. For readers interested in the philosophical dimensions of architectural practice, this is a concentrated and serious text.
Key Features
- 48 pages of theoretical and critical writing on architecture, technology, and abstraction
- Edited by Carlo Menon
- Published by Accattone
What You'll Discover
- Baukunst's thesis that architecture functions as a medium for both thinking about building (BAU) and building ways of thinking (KUNST)
- How art and technology are held in dialogue rather than hierarchy within a single architectural practice
- The relationship between abstraction, time, and technological process in contemporary architectural thought
- A model of practice in which multiple, sometimes conflicting, forms of knowledge are treated as generative rather than contradictory
About the Author
Baukunst is a Belgian architecture office founded by Adrien Verschuere. The practice is committed to exploring architecture as a medium that combines art and technology while engaging diverse fields of knowledge. This volume is edited by Carlo Menon.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 48
- Dimensions: 10 × 15 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9782960369113
- Publisher: Accattone
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects, theorists, and students engaged with the philosophical and technological dimensions of contemporary architectural practice.