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METAMORPHISM

material change in architecture

Author:Akos Moravanszky

Publisher:Birkhauser

ISBN: 978-3-0356-1019-2

  • Hardcover
  • English
  • 320 Pages
  • Nov 1, 2017

Materiality is a recurring and central issue in architecture. This book explains how materials are constructed , how they become cultural substances. Metamorphism investigates the complex relationship between natural materials and technology, science and sensuality.


Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) made the notion of Stoffwechsel the key element of his theory. With this concept he intended to explain how a structural form originally bound to a method of processing is transferred from one material to another, liberated from its original function.


For the first time, the book investigates the subject from a historic point of view whilst reflecting on current interdisciplinary research. Examples from Aalto to Zumthor illustrate the specific aspects of historic and contemporary material concepts.

Materiality is a recurring and central issue in architecture. This book explains how materials are constructed , how they become cultural substances. Metamorphism investigates the complex relationship between natural materials and technology, science and sensuality.


Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) made the notion of Stoffwechsel the key element of his theory. With this concept he intended to explain how a structural form originally bound to a method of processing is transferred from one material to another, liberated from its original function.


For the first time, the book investigates the subject from a historic point of view whilst reflecting on current interdisciplinary research. Examples from Aalto to Zumthor illustrate the specific aspects of historic and contemporary material concepts.

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