Writing architecture
Subtitle: textual image practices : a textual approach in architectural research
By: Sari Tähtinen
Series: Aalto University publication series. Doctoral dissertations -- 132/2013; Aalto University publication series -- 2013/132.
Publisher: Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9789526053028
Subjects: Architecture; Study and teaching
Description: The dissertation proposes to present a textual research approach in the context of architectural research. Three mutually interacting threads could be singled out in this book. One aim is to argue that readings of Derrida have by no means been exhausted in the context of architectural research, and that his work remains pertinent for instance for working out the question of image in the context of architecture. Secondly, an architect works, above all, with and through images. He is an image-maker. Textual image shows that image presents a more complex field. Different elements influence the formations of an image, and different layers of images take part in this formation. The third thread introduces into the dissertation a complex large-scale urban project, Euralille.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English, with abstract in Finnish.