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This poetic and minimalist anthology presents 10 years of heritage of AIRES MATEUS design studios at the Accademia di Archittettura di Mendrisio in Switzerland. 100 images of largescale models built by students of AIRES MATEUS are brought together to create a family portrait. Each staged model is pictured with the essential schemes necessary to understand the volumes portrayed. Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus’ many years of experience in pedagogy and the use of models in practice are brought together in a manifesto which precedes the anthology of images. The importance of the model in the formation of architectural ideas and throughout the design process, as well as its potency as a standalone statement are highlighted. The evocative photographs in this book reveal abstract spaces produced by artistic interpretations of light, volume and materiality.

72.02 --- 72.013 --- 72 MATEUS --- 72.013 Vormgeving in de architectuur: proporties; afmetingen; harmonische systemen; principes van eenheid, orde, symmetrie --- Vormgeving in de architectuur: proporties; afmetingen; harmonische systemen; principes van eenheid, orde, symmetrie --- 72.02 Bouwtechniek: methoden en materialen --- Bouwtechniek: methoden en materialen --- Aires Mateus, Fransisco --- Aires Mateus, Manuel --- Aires Mateus & Associados --- 72.07 --- Aires Mateus --- Aires Mateus, Manuel °1963 (°Lissabon, Portugal) --- Aires Mateus, Francisco °1964 (°Lissabon, Portugal) --- Architectuurmodellen --- Architecten. Stedenbouwkundigen A - Z --- Mateus, Francisco Aires --- Mateus, Manuel Aires --- Aires Mateus, Manuel, --- Aires Mateus, Francisco, --- Rocha de Aires Mateus, Francisco Xavier, --- Aires Mateus, Francisco Xavier Rocha de, --- Architectural models. --- Architecture.

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The Ecologies of the Building Envelope theorizes the building envelope as a literal embodiment of the social, political, technological, and economic contingencies which have become embedded within it over the last century, analyzing the historical lineages, heroes and villains that helped define the complex material ecologies we see within the envelope today. While the facade is one of the most thoroughly theorized elements of architecture, it is also one of the most questioned since the end of the 19th century. Within the discipline of architecture, the traditional understanding of the facade focuses primarily on semiotic and compositional operations (such as proportional laws and linguistic codes) which are deployed on the building's surface. Rather than producing a stylistic analysis of the facade, we investigate the historical lineages of the performances, components, assembly types, and material entanglements that constitute the contemporary building envelope.

Building envelope --- Building materials --- History. --- Environmental aspects. --- Surfaces. --- Peinture et décoration murales --- Murs extérieurs --- Murs-rideaux --- Construction durable --- Exterior walls --- Facades --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- External walls --- Walls --- Architectural fronts --- Fronts (Architecture) --- Social aspects --- Economic aspects --- Details --- 692.23 --- 72.038 --- 72.037 --- Gevelconstructies ; buitenmuren --- Architectuur ; socio-economische aspecten --- Constructie-elementen van gebouwen ; buitenmuren, gevels --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1900 - 1950 --- Mural painting and decoration --- Curtain walls --- Sustainable construction --- Façades --- 69 --- 691 --- 692 --- 574 --- Bouwtechniek --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Materialen (design) --- Constructie-elementen --- Ecologie & bioverscheidenheid --- 692.2 --- 691.504 --- 692.23 Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades --- Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades --- 691 Building materials. Building components --- Building materials. Building components --- 692.2 Walls. Partitions --- Walls. Partitions --- 691.504 Building materials and the environment. Sustainable building materials --- Building materials and the environment. Sustainable building materials --- Exterior walls - Social aspects --- Exterior walls - Economic aspects --- Building materials - Social aspects --- Building materials - Economic aspects --- Peinture et décoration murales --- Murs extérieurs