{"product_id":"platforms-architecture-and-the-use-of-the-ground","title":"Platforms: Architecture and the Use of the Ground","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlatforms: Architecture and the Use of the Ground\u003c\/strong\u003e is Dogma's study of the platform—one of architecture's oldest and least examined forms—and of how it changes the way the ground itself can be inhabited.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlatforms are usually read as instruments of power: the raised base that sets a temple, palace or monument apart. Dogma, the Brussels practice of Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara, propose a broader reading. By lifting, levelling and bounding a piece of ground, the platform also creates a common place—somewhere to gather, to orient oneself and to meet others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTreating the platform as an archetype that recurs across many cultures and periods, the book brings together a subject that has received surprisingly little sustained attention in architectural history and theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA focused study of the platform as an architectural archetype\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamples drawn from a wide range of cultures and historical periods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrated throughout with plans and drawings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLarge square format suited to the drawings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow platforms redefine the relationship between architecture and the ground\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe double role of the platform as a symbol of power and a place of gathering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy a seemingly elementary form carries such cultural weight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA way of reading landscape and building as a single operation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDogma is a Brussels-based architecture studio founded by Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara in 2002. Alongside built and unbuilt projects, the practice runs a sustained research program on the city, the ground and collective forms of living, published as a series of large-format studies. Aureli is also one of the most influential architectural theorists of his generation, the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Project of Autonomy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Possibility of an Absolute Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 297 × 297 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 115\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9788894030686\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Black Square\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For:\u003c\/strong\u003e Architects, landscape architects and students of architectural history and theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Square","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620259336417,"sku":"9788894030686","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/0464\/files\/platforms-cover.jpg?v=1790753175","url":"https:\/\/bookshopbyuro.com\/products\/platforms-architecture-and-the-use-of-the-ground","provider":"Bookshop by Uro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}