Paul scheerbart 1863 1915 clearly this guy is a lost precursor of a genre road not taken. Following the success of the earlier titles in this series, detail in contemporary glass architecture provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern glass architecture. Science and philosophy in the age of goethe ebook written by robert j. Princeton architectural press, 1997 terence riley, the unprivate house new york. Paul karl wilhelm scheerbart was a german author of speculative fiction literature and drawings. This link scheerbart develops between the use of glass as both a literary conceit and an architectural prima materia also evokes a link between literature and architecture, which one would see in, say, the work of the early, british gothic writers. Glass in architecture lecture discussion read colin rowe, transparency. Paul rudolphs art and architecture building at yale timothy m. Daguerre, or the panoramas sull, look out for yourself. If he went on and on about glass architecture, perpetual motion.
Scheerbart dedicates his 1914 work glass architecture to the expressionist architect bruno taut, who in turn dedicates his 1914glashaus pavilion in cologne to scheerbart. His iridescent glashaus 1914 at the werkbund exhibition in cologne was a celebrated synthesis of a vision shared with poet paul scheerbart, whose novel glasarchitektur was published the same year. Clouds of architecture carried out by filippo brunelleschi. Impossible to summarise paul scheerbart, i cannot help but wonder what he was like in person. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the romantic conception of life. Pdf glass architecture as a site for encountering the. It was a vision of a culture elevated through the use of glass. This past summer, the city of london planning and transportation committee passed a resolution to grant planning and listed building consent for a new maggies centre a charity which provides practical, emotional and social support for individuals with cancer at st. Violent acts of architecture teresa stoppani 200809. Aic 2004 color and paints, interim meeting of the international color association, proceedings 195 in the summer of 19 the architect bruno taut 18801938 met scheerbart in a workshop for glass painting and mosaic. Literal and phenomenal, mathematics of the ideal villa, 159183 paul scheerbart, glass architecture excerpt, 3233 michael bell, introduction, engineered transparency, 1015 guy nordenson, infrathin, engineered transparency, 7277. Clouds of architecture mark dorrian the university of edinburgh uk. Paul scheerbarts kaleidoscopic fantasies oliveira brumal. Scheerbarts glass architecture was originally published in 1914 while tauts alpine architecture came out in 1919, this book being the first english translation of both.
For further discussion of benjamin, scheerbart, and glass architecture, see tyrus miller. Both dedications are reprinted in josiah mcelheny and christine burgin, eds. His philosophy not only expounded the virtues of glass as an ideal material for construction but also dealt with the integration of both natural and electric light into the design of built. They became soul mates and the next summer they collaborated on the glass house at the cologne werkbund exhibition. Paul karl wilhelm scheerbart 8 january 1863 in danzig 15 october 1915 in berlin was a german author of speculative fiction literature and drawings. Nov 28, 2015 if paul scheerbart 18631915 is known outside the germanspeaking world, its as an architectural prophet. Scheerbart s utopian phantasmagoria, which he wrote in marvellous abundance from 1893 on, evokes more.
Yes, the text in the video is taken from the book glass architecture glasarchitektur by scheerbart berlin 1914. Sep 03, 2017 featuring the work of renowned architects from around the world, this book presents 50 of the most recently completed and influential glass designs for residential, public and commercial architecture. Featuring the work of renowned architects from around the world, this book presents 50 of the most recently completed and influential glass designs for residential, public and. Paul karl wilhelm scheerbart 8 january 1863 in danzig 15 october 1915 in berlin was a german author of fantastic literature and drawings. The cloud envelope becomes a glasslike net structure that loosely defines a semi. In the catalogue for the glass house cologne werkbund exhibition 1914, taut wrote. If paul scheerbart 18631915 is known outside the germanspeaking world, its as an architectural prophet. The gdanskborn writers reputation stands on glass architecture 1914, a series of surreal, optimistic and apparently ingenuous aphorisms about the benefits of a future environment made entirely of iron, concrete and obviously. Paul scheerbart and his glass utopia andrea gibbons. Pioneering merit badge requires prior counselor approval for requirement s group a projects may be worked on in a group and with others. His philosophy not only expounded the virtues of glass as an ideal material for construction but also dealt with the integration of.
As a tone, it works brilliantly in glass architecture, where outrageous claims become more than possible. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent. The artistic vision and architecture antonio santelia, the new city, 71 33 paul scheerbart. Paul scheerbart was born in 1863 into a welltodo family. Types, performance and legislation 37 portunity to design loadbearing structural elements or systems constructed primarily of glass, such as staircases, floors, walls and bridges. What modernism forgot part 2 dissertation 2010 amelie conway university college dublin ireland glass is commonly associated with the presumed rationalism of modern architecture. Paul scheerbarts novel on glass architecture introduced, translated, and with drawings by john a.
Paul scheerbarts utopia of coloured glass citeseerx. Paul scheerbarts exaltation of glass, so aptly quoted by woodward, is not necessarily false. Dec 11, 2014 the healing potential of architectural glass. In 1914 the poet paul scheerbart published glasarchitektur glass architecture. T abstract most of the people who have seen the glasses, but may not allowed speaking publicly. Pdf on sep 3, 2015, marianne eggler and others published glass. The erected glass house is in possession of a transparency of meaning experiencing the luminousness of the thing in itself sontag 1996. Architectural glass comes in three different strength categories 2.
Rohan from the day it was dedicated in 1963, paul rudolphs art and architecture building at yale was considered one of the most controversial structures of the postwar period. Youstina rated it really liked it oct 22, yamini govardhan rated it really liked it feb 07, may 27, ghulam mustafa marked it as toread. Onto a small panel, brunelleschi painted a perspectival rendering of the baptistery in florence, making a hole in the board at the vanishing point toward which the parallels converged. Literal and phenomenal, mathematics of the ideal villa, 159183 paul scheerbart, glass architecture excerpt, 3233 michael bell, introduction, engineered transparency, 1015 guy nordenson, infrathin, engineered transparency, 72. During his prolific career, his unconventional fiction, art and poetry influenced a range of intellects, from architect bruno taut to walter benjamin, who even quoted his ideas on glass in his arcades project. Each project is presented with colour photographs, site plans and sections and elevations, as well as numerous construction details. Jul 15, 2010 paul scheerbart s exaltation of glass, so aptly quoted by woodward, is not necessarily false. Scheerbart s glass architecture was originally published in 1914 while tauts alpine architecture came out in 1919, this book being the first english translation of both. Paul scheerbart, utopia, glass architecture, gothic, fantastic. In the gray cloth, the first of his novels to be translated into english, scheerbart uses subtle irony and the structural simplicity of a fairy tale to present the. This is just one of the solutions for you to be successful. Glass architecture excerpt the architect bruno taut called paul scheerbart b. Pdf this article brings glass architecture and geophilosophy into a relationship with one another with the further aim of studying surface aesthetics.
Scheerbart, taut, and the glass house the glass house has no purpose zweck other than to be beautiful. The novels of horace walpole, for example, or william beckford are fascinated with constructing. Feb 09, 2015 this link scheerbart develops between the use of glass as both a literary conceit and an architectural prima materia also evokes a link between literature and architecture, which one would see in, say, the work of the early, british gothic writers. Architectural historians directly link the glass exhibitions and botanical structures of the mid 1800s to modern architecture. In fact,jean paul, in his levana, is as closely allied to fourier the pedagogue as scheerbart, in his glass architecture, is to fourier the utopian.
His book glasarchitektur was published in berlin in 1914. Glass architecture and alpine architecture paul scheerbart. Reveries on architecture and matter, edited by matthew mindrup burlington, vt. Mar 19, 2017 in a recent exhibition and accompanying catalog, the berlinische galerie has brought some of paul scheerbarts most indelible images together with the graphic work of two artists he inspired. This lecture describes the collaborations between between poettheorist. This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be missing content or. For more than twenty years he wrote about his speciality. In particular, he celebrates the utopian writer paul scheerbart as a prophet of the new potential of glass architecture. Modern glass architects will be well advised to pave their garden parhs with stone and majolica tills, for in this way the splendour of the glcss palaces will be worthily framed. In a recent exhibition and accompanying catalog, the berlinische galerie has brought some of paul scheerbarts most indelible images together with the graphic work of two artists he inspired. However it seems to me that we could also draw a very different historical line to.
Publishers pdf, also known as version of record link to published version if available. A paul scheerbart reader find, read and cite all the research you need on. A wellventilated utopia christopher benfey the new. Scheerbarts prophecies, which rhyme better but are. Built in glass, iron and concrete scheerbarts glass architecture is transparent in the literal sense of the word. March 20th, the series opens with an introduction to mcelhenys proposal for an imaginary modernism, a modernism that has yet to happen, followed by literary architecture.
Ersoy, glass as light as air, as deep as water, in the material imagination. He was also published under the pseudonym kuno kufer and is best known for the book glasarchitektur 1914. Scheerbart was associated with expressionist architecture and one of its. The work of the german polymath paul scheerbart is attracting a renewed attention in recent years. Paul scheerbarts and bruno tauts glass architecture. Dedicated to bruno taut, honi soit qui mal y pense. A wellventilated utopia christopher benfey the new york. Gay street was part of john woods original plan for the development of a new upper town in bath, which began with his construction of queens square, then led up the hill via ga. The crystal cities and floating continents of paul scheerbart. The german expressionist, architectural visionary, author, inventor, and artist paul scheerbart 18631915 wrote several fictional utopian narratives related to glass architecture. Edited and with an introduction by noted architectural historian dennis sharp.