The Rhetorical and Conditional Interpretation of Site,with Examples from the Work of Berthold Lubetkin

This paper concerns the rhetorical interpretation of site in architecture. While my ultimate goal is to prompt alternatives to formalism in the beginning education of the architect, this paper presents the topic as a theoretical concern with examples from the work of Berthold Lubetkin. In particular, I will consider the topic of orientation as it relates to site definition in the Whipsnade House (1934-35) and the Penguin Pond (1933-34). These architectural projects introduce the possibility of establishing a rhetorical project alongside the critical project of Western Modernism, for which Hans-Georg Gadamer and David Summers will be my philosophical guides.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AM.107.126 

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Amy Kulper, Grace La & Jeremy Ficca

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978-1-944214-21-0