Contingent Practices
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
5 January 2026
Summary
Perry Kulper and Nat Chard work with conditions of uncertainty, developing a contingent architecture that provokes and absorbs the unforeseen as well as the more predictable relationships into which architecture can enter. In mainstream practice and research there is an emphasis on achieving a certain outcome. Those who wish to have a building made make a prediction - what they want to take place - while the architect attempts to make that prediction come true. In Kulper and Chard’s work the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781138694347 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1138694347 |
| Author: | Nat Chard, Perry Kulper |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2026 |
| Series: | Design Research in Architecture |
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’Recently in many architectural schools efforts intensified to further develop architectural research. Exciting new avenues are being explored, relying upon the design skills of architects and urban designers, combining them with intellectual rigor and in-depth thinking, in order to imagine new spatialities and to unfold hitherto unknown spatial experiences. This series highlights the innovative results of these explorations, opening up a new world of path-breaking research.’ Hilde Heynen, University of Leuven, Belgium
About The Author
Nat Chard
Das iCP, Institute für Cultural Policy, wurde 2004 in Hamburg mit der Intention gegründet, Plattform für neue Formen der Architektur zu sein und Beiträge zur Fachdebatte mit Ausstellungen, Vorträgen und Publikationen zu leisten.
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