TIME, SPACE AND MATERIAL. THE MECHANICS OF LAYERING IN ARCHITECTURE

This book examines the application of the principle of layering in architecture, its mechanics, possible application and meaning. La yering is widely used in the discussions of the 20th and 21st centuries architecture but rarely defined or examined. Layering bridge s the tectonics of structure and skin, offers a system for the creation of different architectural spaces over time and functions as a design principle without hierarchy. Three types of layering are identified: a chronological sedimentation of planes materializing changes...[Read more]