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Imagining the Goetheanum: An Architectural Exploration in the Language of Polar Logic

by Jonathan Alesander

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Architecture and the principle of polarity

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Architecture and the principle of polarity

Jonathan Alesander examines the relationship between the human being and the architecture of Rudolf Steiner’s Goetheanum, connecting the building’s forms with Steiner’s stated idea of the human being’s “polar nature.” The book’s framing places the Goetheanum not only as a landmark building but also as an expression to be considered through the principle of polarity. Its subject sits at the intersection of architectural interpretation and Steiner’s thinking about human nature.

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  • Readers interested in the Goetheanum and Rudolf Steiner’s architectural work
  • Readers exploring conceptual approaches to architecture and human nature

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Architecture and human natureThe GoetheanumPolarity

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Book overview

From the back cover: "With both the poetry of insight and the analysis of observation, with impressive reach and sensitivity, in IMAGINING THE GOETHEANUM, the door to the building is opened slightly revealing a glimpse of the "living intent" of Rudolf Steiner's great architectural masterpiece." Angelica Moss, Architect.Rudolf Steiner: "Our building had to be a twofold structure. Its forms express the polar nature of the human being." The relation between the human being and the architecture of the Goetheanum as well as the principle of polarity is spoken of in one breath. From - IMAGINING THE GOETHEANUM
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