20 Jan 2016

On maps and metaphors














Description(s) of the world(s) might always also bring about a map, and or some sort of metaphor, to relate the comprehention to something otherwise known. It is also a question of scale, and the comprehention(s) of scale(s)... In the BAS library you could find the following books: "City Metaphors" by O.M. Ungers and "The Manhattan Transcripts" by Bernard Tschumi. (you should try to get them up to the studio...) if not, here is alink to the introductory text from Ungers and a complete scann of the "transcripts" here.Download for further studies...

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