Thèse soutenue

L'urbanisation de l'architecture (étude d'un phénomène international à travers l'exemple de projets choisis parmi les musées et les édifices culturels de Richard Meier, prenant particulièrement en considération les aspects urbanistiques et picturaux de son architecture)

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Auteur / Autrice : Stephan Barthelmess
Direction : Bruno Foucart
Type : Thèse de doctorat
Discipline(s) : Histoire de l'art
Date : Soutenance en 1995
Etablissement(s) : Paris 4

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It is precisely in projects for cultural buildings in the center of the city as architectural task that the development of an urbanization of architecture can be seen since the early 1970s. Meier's projects demonstrate the strong influence of city planning principles on architecture, such that architecture itself becomes as in Frankfurt and Ulm - an illustration of the aesthetic and formal appearance of the city. The result of the development of such practice leads finally to an urbanization of architecture. The architecture of the modern movement sought to resolve problems of urban building architecturally, which led to the loss of the open and variegated structure of the city of the past. Contemporary architecture tackles architectural problems from the standpoint of the requierements of urban planning, and this can lead to a regaining of urban openness and density as well as to an enrichment of urban experience. The incorporation of requirements of urban and pictorial developments into the architectural conception underlines the cultural aspect of this architecture. In this sense Richard Meier's architecture is a convincing contribution to the question; what can art and architecture mean for the town of today?