Utopian Architecture Beyond the Concrete
The Transcendental and the Political Dimension of Laboratories and Religious Spaces
Seiten
2024
transcript (Verlag)
978-3-8376-7358-6 (ISBN)
transcript (Verlag)
978-3-8376-7358-6 (ISBN)
What can we learn from large tech-corporations and their laboratories for the past, present and future of church buildings?
When the Bell Telephone Company built their new research facility in 1957, they did not opt for a functional box but for a cathedral of glass, steel, and concrete, set in a meticulously landscaped park. What can we learn from this striking corporate architecture through which architect Eero Saarinen expressed that man had mastered nature and would solve all future problems? What can churches learn, which have also built striking concrete structures throughout the 1960s - buildings whose roofs are now leaking and whose heating systems are no longer operational? Christian Preidel argues that building today is not a symphony in glass and concrete but a social endeavour where people (and material) come together.
When the Bell Telephone Company built their new research facility in 1957, they did not opt for a functional box but for a cathedral of glass, steel, and concrete, set in a meticulously landscaped park. What can we learn from this striking corporate architecture through which architect Eero Saarinen expressed that man had mastered nature and would solve all future problems? What can churches learn, which have also built striking concrete structures throughout the 1960s - buildings whose roofs are now leaking and whose heating systems are no longer operational? Christian Preidel argues that building today is not a symphony in glass and concrete but a social endeavour where people (and material) come together.
Christian Preidel (Prof. Dr.) hat die Professur für Pastoraltheologie an der Universität Luzern inne.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.10.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Religionswissenschaft ; 43 |
| Mitarbeit |
Cover Design: Maria Arndt |
| Verlagsort | Bielefeld |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 225 mm |
| Gewicht | 348 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| Schlagworte | Architecture • Computer Industry • Religion • Religious Studies • Sociology of Religion • space • urban studies |
| ISBN-10 | 3-8376-7358-8 / 3837673588 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-8376-7358-6 / 9783837673586 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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