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Informationen zum Autor Dr Marian Macken teaches in design and architectural media at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Marian’s research examines histories and theories of spatial representation; temporal aspects of architecture; and the book form, with particular interest in the implications and possibilities for architectural drawing and exhibition as design outcome. Her work has been acquired by various international public collections of artists’ books. Zusammenfassung Books orient! intrigue! provoke and direct the reader while editing! interpreting! encapsulating! constructing and revealing architectural representation. Binding Space: The Book as Spatial Practice explores the role of the book form within the realm of architectural representation. It proposes the book itself as another three-dimensional! complementary architectural representation with a generational and propositional role within the design process. Artists' books in particular - that is! a book made as an original work of art! with an artist! designer or architect as author - have certain qualities and characteristics! quite different from the conventional presentation and documentation of architecture. Paginal sequentiality! the structure and objecthood of the book! and the act of reading create possibilities for the book as a site for architectural imagining and discourse. In this way! the form of the book affects how the architectural work is conceived! constructed and read.In five main sections! Binding Space examines the relationships between the drawing! the building and the book. It proposes thinking through the book as a form of spatial practice! one in which the book is cast as object! outcome! process and tool. Through the book! we read spatial practice anew. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I Field: the scope of the book. 1. Artists' books: historical context2 Qualities and characteristics of artists' books3 Architecture and printed media4 Recording time! place and memoryPart II Page: the book as cumulation5 The line within architectural documentation6 Architectural drawing and the pagePart III Volume: the book as vessel7 The objecthood of the book8 The book as folded model9 The temporality of interiorityPart IV Series: the book as sequence10 The reproducibility of drawings / buildings / books11 The book as exhibitionConclusion BibliographyIndex ...
