Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge: Vol. 2, No. 4/2022: Essentials of Montage in Architecture

by Max Treiber (Editor), Sandra Meireis (Editor), Julan Franke (Editor)

Overview

"Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge" is an academic journal in, on, and from the discipline of architecture, addressing the creation, constitution, and transmission of architectural knowledge. It explores methods genuine to the discipline and architectural modes of interdisciplinary methodological adaptions. Processes, procedures, and results of knowledge creation and practice are esteemed coequally, with particular attention to the architectural design and epistemologies of aesthetic practice and research.
Dimensions Issue 4/2022, edited by Max Treiber, Sandra Meireis, and Julian Franke, provides a comprehensive collection of theories, methods, and visions to highlight the relevance of montage for visual and spatial practices as well as for knowledge production in architecture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783837659214
Publication date:	06/10/2025
Series:	Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d)

About the Author

Max Treiber, born in 1988, works as an architect in Munich and researches at the Chair of Architectural Design and Conception, Technische Universität München. He studied architecture in Münster and Berlin and has worked in several architecture offices in Tokyo, Zurich, and Berlin. In his ongoing doctoral thesis "Architectural Montages - Scenarios of Everyday Spaces" he investigates the connection between space and image using the example of a body of work by the Italian photographer Luigi Ghirri.
Sandra Meireis (Dr.-Ing. M.A.) teaches architectural history and theory. She holds the interim professorship for architecture and design history/architecture theory at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart. Her research and publishing interests lie at the intersection of architectural studies, philosophy of history, social and political science, and aesthetics.
Julian Franke, born in 1991, works as an architect and research assistant at the Competence Center for Typology & Planning at the Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture. He studied architecture in Münster and Berlin as well as philosophy in Berlin and Cork. Beside developing innovative housing concepts, he deals with topics at the interface between philosophy of architecture, building culture, anthropology, image theory, and aesthetics. Since 2022 he has been a PhD candidate in architecture theory at the Technische Universität Berlin.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Editorial: Essentials of Montage in Architecture 11
Introduction: Expanding the Notion of Montage in Architecture 15
Introduction 23
Transmission of Knowledge 27
Montage of Memories 44
Montaged Gardens - On Paper 66
Introduction 85
Realmontage 89
Montage 126
Artistic Practice as Preservation Process 148
Introduction 167
Montages in Mind 171
Qualities of Space 184
Mind the Gaps 202
CONTRIBUTORS 223