The Legacy of Architectural and Urban Planning Theories : Works in progress

Abstract

Engraving theories in the long term, historicizing “design projects”? The theory of architecture seems, in some respects, like a discursive field located outside of time. As Jean-Pierre Chupin reminds us: Following the example of most scientific revolutions, transformations in architectural theory are most often “destructive” to previous paradigms. It is often the case that the virtues of an idea or a principle are only rediscovered after several generations. Architects, however, do not hes...