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Xenotheka_97

Process Considering the topic ‘architecture’ is a little to simple I tried starting other conversations with brains like ‘measurement’ ‘stairs’ ‘window’. With these searches I wasn’t really satisfied so I changed the topic back to architecture. After all my book describing modern architecture, it seemed reasonable. The search term that led me to my first…

Argument_97

The book “architecture moderne” by Charles Antoine Jombert was published in 1728, as mentioned in the previous exercise. The title is very revealing in a way, as it shows us what people in 1728 considered modern architecture. What is an old building to us today was once the pinnacle of architectural development and technology. Jombert’s…

Argument_97

The title (architecture moderne) implies, that the book examines the modern architecture of this time. The second part of the title specifies the goal of this book: the art of building well. It also clearly empathizes who this book is for: for all kinds of people (pour toutes sortes de personnes). The book is divided…

Greetings_97

Review of the work “Architecture moderne, ou l’art de bien bâtir pour toutes sortes de personnes tant pour les maisons des particuliers que pour les palais / [Charles-Etienne Briseux]”, written by Claude Jombert and Charles Etienne. Published 1728. These two pages depict in great detail the sectional view and ground plane of a very thin city…

Greetings_97

The two pages show detailed views of a building, each differently. Some pages are wider than the book and have to be unfolded to see the whole illustration.

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