I started by rereading my argumentation from last task and looking for words from which I thought, are more or less representative for the whole book. These were construction guide, measurement of constructions, calculation of constructions, roof structures, geometry und architecture handbook. I tried the Xenotheka, the Alberti and Vituvius as well as the architecture…
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Xenotheka_301
As I started my research on Alice to find related literature for my book, “architecture pratique” I first focused on terms like; practice, handbook, geometry, order, price, material. As the brain, I used the Xenotheka Library to keep the search wide. As the topic of conversation, I used architecture. I noticed that the different terms…
Xenotheka_301
First I wrote down some words, that I thought would describe my Book really well. These were geometry, handbook, construction, elements, architectural manual, problems of structure. I used the “Xenotheka Library” and the “Alberti and Vitruvius” brain from Alice. Alice showed a lot of different search results, what made it difficult to choose which ones…
Argument_301
The title “architecture pratique” already says a lot about the content and main function of the book. The work primarily dealt with the problems of measuring, calculating and billing construction services and thus differed from the usual contemporary architectural literature. Bullet also tried himself in first structural investigations in terms of earth pressure und roof…
Greetings_301
Task 1 Task 2 The condition of this over 300 year old construction guide is surprisingly good on the inside, however the cover is slowly falling apart due to its materialization (leather), you can definitely tell that this book was often used.