Comments on Brook Muller's "The Machine Is a Watershed for Living In (Reconstituting Architectural Horizons)".

The author presents insights on the argument by philosopher Brook Muller on architect Le Corbusier's idea of the house as a machine for living in. He discusses the environmental challenges associated with the legacy of the architectural metaphor of the machine mentioned by Muller, Muller's character...

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Publicado en:	Pluralist Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 104 - 113
Autor principal:	STEPHENS, PIERS H. G.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of Illinois Press Spring2016
Materias:	Muller, Brook Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Dwellings Effect of environment on human beings Architectural philosophy Dwellings & the environment
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Sumario:	The author presents insights on the argument by philosopher Brook Muller on architect Le Corbusier's idea of the house as a machine for living in. He discusses the environmental challenges associated with the legacy of the architectural metaphor of the machine mentioned by Muller, Muller's characterization of the intertwining problems of concrete reduction and imaginative blockage, and Muller's invocation of the watershed.