Virilio for Architects [Paperback]

Paul Virilio is an innovative figure in the study of architecture, space, and the city. Virilio for Architectsprimes readers for their first encounter with his crucial texts on some of the vital theoretical debates of the twenty-first century, including:

• Oblique Architecture and Bunker Archeology
• Critical Space and the Overexposed City
• The Ultracity and Very High Buildings
• Grey Ecology and Global Hypermovement

In exploring Virilios most important architectural ideas and their impact, John Armitage traces his engagement with other key architectural and scientific thinkers such as Claude Parent, Benoit B. Mandelbrot, and Bernard Tschumi. Virilio for Architectsallows students, researchers, and non-academic readers to connect with Virilios distinctive architectural theories, critical studies, and fresh ideas.

Series Editors Preface  List of Illustrations  Acknowledgements  1. Introduction  Virilios Architectural Career  2. Analysing the Oblique  Post-Second World War French Architecture, the ?cole des Beaux-Arts, and Architecture Principe  Manhattan Out  The Oblique Function  The Oblique Church of Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay, Nevers  Analysing the Oblique: Bunker Archeology  3. Critical Space  On the Origins of Virilios Conception of Critical Space  The Overexposed City  The Interface of Virtual Space  The Contamination of Real Space by Virtual Space  The Struggle to Redefine the Unity of Time and Place in the Overexposed City  Recombining the Real Space/Virtual Space Divide  The Sudden Confusion between Reception and Perception, or the Transformation of Matter into Light  Virilio: Architectural³Ì