Ungers, the Morphology of the City, and Trier

This paper investigates the background and basis for O. Mathias Ungers’ exploration of the morphology of the city and its implications on the architectural project, beginning with seminal but unrealized proposals that resulted from typological and morphological studies, followed by a discussion of t...

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Published inHistories of Postwar Architecture no. 12; pp. 154 - 176
Main Author Gerardo Brown-Manrique
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Bologna 01.10.2024
Subjects
o.m. ungers
transformation
trier
typology
urban morphology
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Summary:This paper investigates the background and basis for O. Mathias Ungers’ exploration of the morphology of the city and its implications on the architectural project, beginning with seminal but unrealized proposals that resulted from typological and morphological studies, followed by a discussion of theoretical and academic investigations in Germany and in the U.S., and finally by the analysis of three executed proposals in Trier as the synthesis to these explorations.
ISSN:2611-0075
DOI:10.6092/issn.2611-0075/17838