TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schwarting,Jon Michael
TI  - Rome: urban formation and transformation 
SN  - 9781939621702
AV  - HT169.I82 R6685 2017
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - [Novato, CA]
PB  - Applied Research and Design Publishing, an imprint of ORO Editions
KW  - City planning
KW  - Italy
KW  - Rome
KW  - History
KW  - Architecture
KW  - fast
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Rome (Italy)
KW  - Buildings, structures, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 208) and index
N2  - "Formation is ideal and utopian thinking, whereas Transformation is the adaptation of the ideal to the real or existing conditions. Are the two mutually exclusive? Or do they exist in conversation, a constant back-and-forth, push-and-pull between the idealised and the pragmatic? This book examines the dialectical relation of Formation and Transformation in the creation of the city. Taking Rome as its central case study, it develops a contextual theory of urban development that incorporates Italian Renaissance, Baroque architecture, and classical history. Similarly, this book encourages the aspiring architectural student to consider the ramifications of practice and praxis. How can utopian thinking, and the actualised execution of that thinking, continue to operate in existing urban contexts? How can we relate the complexity of Roman urbanism to the role of Roman architecture in its urban context? This book manoeuvres through such difficult questions deftly, illuminating its points with a wide selection of colour images."--
ER  -