- The first book to offer a comprehensive review of underground space
- Includes a wide range of examples of all forms of underground spaces
- Illustrated throughout with over 100 black and white images
Antonello Boschi (1964) studied in Florence, where he graduated with Adolfo Natalini and gained a Ph.D. in Architectural and Urban Design. His essays, works and reviews have been published in Abitare, Area, Archi, Architecti, Arquitectura Viva, Bauwelt, Casabella, Detail, Diseno Interior, Interni, Materia, On Diseno, Rassegna, The Architectural Review. Major writings include Fenomenologia della facciata (Milan 2010), Ri-scritture/Re-Writings (Milan 2011), Filosofia del Nascosto. Costruire, pensare, abitare nel sottosuolo (Venice 2015), L'architettura della villa moderna (Macerata 2016-2018), Abbandoni e resistenze. Note per una fenomenologia della facciata nel Novecento (Pisa 2020). He is currently Associate Professor at the School of Engineering in Pisa, where he lectures on Architectural Composition.
Title: Poetics of Underground Space: Architecture, Literature, Cinema
Author: Boschi, Antonello
ISBN: 9781032103624
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2021-11-05
Number of Pages: 148
Weight: 0.2301 kg
Antonello Boschi investigates the subject in a wide-ranging interdisciplinary, historical and theoretical survey. Inverting the classic dictates of surface construction, he explores possible strategies for transforming, expanding and changing the typical relationship between the mistreatment of land and unused subsoil.
Francesca Tagliabue, Abitare, excerpt from The charm of underground, https://www.abitare.it/en/research/publications/2022/05/27/antonello-boschi-underground-architecture-strategies/
Quarries, subways, cellars, grottos and underpasses seem to overturn the rule that says buildings only exist above ground, facing the need to exploit urban space down to the last square centimetre. As Michael Jakob reminds us in his introduction, architecture has always been lair, cavern, shelter, also and above all. So thinking about the underground means thinking about architecture.
Elena Sommariva, excerpt from domus 1069 June 2022
