Utopian Architecture Beyond the Concrete

The Transcendental and the Political Dimension of Laboratories and Religious Spaces
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-8376-7358-6
Verlag: transcript

Buch, Englisch, Band 43, 220 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 348 g

Reihe: Religionswissenschaft

When the Bell Telephone Company built their new research facility in 1957, they did not opt for a functional box but for a cathedral of glass, steel, and concrete, set in a meticulously landscaped park. What can we learn from this striking corporate architecture through which architect Eero Saarinen expressed that man had mastered nature and would solve all future problems? What can churches learn, which have also built striking concrete structures throughout the 1960s – buildings whose roofs are now leaking and whose heating systems are no longer operational? Christian Preidel argues that building today is not a symphony in glass and concrete but a social endeavour where people (and material) come together.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Preidel, Christian

Weitere Mitwirkende

Arndt, Maria

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Preidel, Christian
Christian Preidel (Prof. Dr.) hat die Professur für Pastoraltheologie an der Universität Luzern inne.