The Poetics of a Wall Projection
<p>Originally published in German in 1985 as <em>Die Poetik eines Mauervorsprung</em>, Jan Turnovsky’s <em>The Poetics of a Wall Projection</em> is ostensibly a description of a corner within the breakfast room of the Villa Stonborough in Vienna, designed by Ludwig Wittgenstein and Paul Engelmann.</p> <p>But it is also much more. Working from within an established Viennese tradition (practised most famously by Krauss, Freud, Loos and Wittgenstein himself), Turnovsky’s study elucidates a complex set of ideas from something seemingly trivial – in this case, an analysis of the villa’s corner detail expands into a wider exploration of the logics of architectural syntax and his belief that good and poetic architecture is always also practical.</p> <p>Jan Turnovsky (1941-1995) at various times worked as a carpenter, graphic designer, tenor saxophonist, poet and architectural researcher at the Architectural Association and the Technical University in Vienna.</p>
Authors: Jan Turnovsky
Translators: Kent Kleinman
Editors: Brett Steele
Managing Editor: Thomas Weaver
Publications Editor: Pamela Johnston
Design: Zak Kyes, Wayne Daly
Editorial Assistant: Claire Barrett
Part of: Architecture Words
ISBN: 9781907896354