Zur Sprache bringen. Eine Kritik der Architekturkritik
 Front cover of the 2003 edition | |
| Author | Ulrich Conrads , Eduard Führ , Christian Gänshirt (Editors) |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German, English |
| Series | Theoretische Untersuchungen zur Architektur, Vol. 4 |
| Subject | Critical research on architecture criticism |
| Publisher | Waxmann Verlag |
Publication date | 2003 |
| Media type | Print Paperback |
| Pages | 264 |
| ISBN | 978-3-8309-1304-7 |
| OCLC | 54928718 |
Zur Sprache bringen. Eine Kritik der Architekturkritik (German: Grasping Architecture - A Critique of Architecture Criticism) was the title of an international conference organized from October 31 through November 2 of 2002 by the Internet architecture journal Cloud Cuckoo Land at the Brandenburg University of Technology (Cottbus, Germany).[1][2][3][4][5]
Conference
The conference had been organized in honor of Ulrich Conrads (1923-2013), who was one of the most important German architecture critics of the second half of the 20th century.[6] Conrads himself, 79 years old at the time, delivered an opening and a closing address and contributed to the discussions during the conference.
In his opening address The Last Word as Prologue, delivered at the Branitz Palace in the Branitzer Park , Conrads recommend seven procedures (he called them seven virtues) as best practice for an architecture critic:[7]
- See and study the building on site and in full scale.
- Consider all the drawings, including site plan.
- Follow the construction process.
- Compare the situation before and after construction.
- Weigh the new building against similar existing buildings.
- Diligently describe and evaluate forms, volumes and spaces.
- Consider the social condition of the critic as well as of the socitety.
Book
Almost the same title has subsequently been used for the book containing the conference proceedings,[8] which occasionally has been used as a recommended reading at universities.[9][10]
References
- ↑ Conference review by Werner Jakob: Eine Bewertung des Baumarktes ist sehr zu begrüßen. Die Universität Cottbus veranstaltet Ulrich Conrads zu Ehren ein Kolloquium über Architekturkritik, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 3.1.2003
- ↑ Conference review by C. A. Petrow: Architekturkritik heißt: Baukultur zur Sprache bringen. Tagung an der BTU Cottbus, in: Garten und Landschaft, No. 1/2003
- ↑ Conference review by Achim Pietzker: Zur Sprache bringen. Kritik in Cottbus, in Arch+ No. 163, Ausbildung, Aachen: December 2002, p. 12
- ↑ Conference review by Ulf Meyer: Zur Sprache bringen. Die BTU Cottbus und „Wolkenkuckucksheim“ widmen sich der Architekturkritik, in: Deutsches Architektenblatt No. 12/2002, p. 17
- ↑ Conference review by Roman Hillmann: Zur Sprache bringen – Eine Kritik der Architekturkritik, in: http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/kunsttexte/download/denk/r-hillmann1.pdf , No. 4/2002
- ↑ Peter Neitzke and Ursula Baus: UC (1923-2013) – Gedenken an Ulrich Conrads' Courage, online at: http://www.german-architects.com/de/pages/hauptbeitrag/41_13_conrads , retrieved Feb. 11, 2014
- ↑ See video at: http://www.tu-cottbus.de/einrichtungen/index.php?id=5674 , retrieved Feb. 14, 2014
- ↑ Book review by Hans Friesen: Zur Sprache bringen. Kritik der Architekturkritik, at: http://six4.bauverlag.de/sixcms_4/sixcms/detail.php?object_id=38&area_id=1656&id=115845
- ↑ Matthias Schirren: Seminar bibliography at: http://www.uni-kl.de/FB-ARUBI/gta/Lehrveranstaltungen_WS_2008-09/Seminar_Architekturkritik_Literaturliste.htm
- ↑ Sylvia Claus: Seminar "Über Architektur schreiben", at http://www.gta.arch.ethz.ch/kolloquien/ueber-architektur-schreiben/programm
External links
- Conference proceedings
- Book Preview (German)
- Book website (German)