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A journey through the influential work, ideas and trajectory of Argentinian-born architect Jorge Silvetti articulated through a revealing collection of recent conversations and a selection of his writings.
Jorge Silvetti looks back on a long career as both a designing architect and as an architectural teacher and theoretician. Born in Argentina he was educated in music, the visual arts and architecture amidst the vibrant culture and political turmoils of Buenos Aires in the 1950s and 60s. Silvetti continued his studies and began teaching at the University of California Berkeley after 1967, where his professional association with Rodolfo Machado began. Their work together continues until today as Machado Silvetti Associates, with offices in Boston and Buenos Aires. Silvetti's teaching, projects, and writings have significantly shaped contemporary architectural discourse.
Large, Lasting & Inevitable is a reflection on Jorge Silvetti's impactful five decades in architecture, set against the backdrop of fervent discussions about discourse, history, cultural politics, and practice today. Featuring a selection of Silvetti's seminal writings since the 1970s alongside engaging dialogues with Mark Lee, Erika Naginski, Elisa Silva, Nader Tehrani, Alfredo Thiermann and Nicolás Delgado Alcega, the book illuminates foundational moments shaping contemporary architectural thought. This journey through Silvetti's perspective is marked by his profound curiosity and clear understanding of architecture's role among the field of cultural practices, material culture, and the tangible realities of building, offering readers a deep dive into the evolution and influence of his architectural ideology.
Contents
Foreword 9 Nicolás Delgado Alcega
Prologue 15 Buenos Aires: Twelve Scenes from My Youth
Jorge Silvetti
Berkeley 49 Architecture: The Question of Method with Alfredo Thiermann
1. Times of Cultural Awakening
2. From Systems Theory to Structuralism
3. Architecture as Material Culture
4. Scholarship and the Architect
97 The Beauty of Shadows (1977)
Harvard 117 Architecture: The Emergence of Discourse with Mark Lee
1. The GSD After Josep Lluís Sert
2. The GSD Under Gerald M. McCue
3. Schools of Thought and Common Projects
4. Architecture in the Research University
167 On Realism in Architecture (1978)
190 The Presence of the Past (1980) with Rodolfo Machado
194 Representation and Creativity in Architecture:
The Pregnant Moment (1982)
205 Perspective and the Envious Longing for the Renaissance (1984)
Sicily 215 Architecture: The Reconception of History with Erika Naginski
1. The Strata of Culture
2. The Ruin and the Creative Process
3. The Hereafter of Typology
4. The Architect and the Historian
273 Interactive Realms: The Bridge of San Francesco and the Palazzo Sant'Elia (1992)
281 The Bridge and the Palazzo: Urban Interventions and Social Representation (1992)
South America 299 Architecture: The Purview of the Social with Elisa Silva
1. Cultural Forces That Invite Architecture
2. The Autonomy of Architecture
3. The Inevitability of Form Giving
341 Afterword to Unprecedented Realism (1995) with Rodolfo Machado
345 The Muses Are Not Amused: Pandemonium in the House of Architecture (2003)
360 Block That Metaphor! (2014)
Boston 369 Architecture: The Making of a Practice with Nader Tehrani
1. The Emergence of a Cultural Practice
2. A Theory That Inhabits Practice
3. Sensibility and Authorial History
413 Vestiges of Cities Without Evil: The Case of the Territorio Guaraní (2014) with Graciela Silvestri
427 TYPE: Architecture's Elusive Obsession and the Rituals of an Impasse (2017)
445 On Perspective, Anamorphosis, and Repositionings (2021) with Nicolás Delgado Alcega
457 Biographical Timeline
469 Complete Writings
473 Contributor Biographies
475 Image Credits
