Reconsidering Modernism: The (in)Excess(able) Architecture of Alterstudio’s Six Houses

The (in)Excess(able) experiences of six Alterstudiohouses advance an alternative ethic of restraint thatresists an excess frequented by contemporary architecturetheory and practice. Rather than pursuing theecstatic or superabundant as suggested in the Latin rootexcessus, (in)Excess(able) architecture is largely absentof signification. Instead, it focuses on visceral experiencesof a fundamental nature that can be known,understood, and felt that arise from contact with thingsand the memories and associations brought about bytheir making.

Volume Editors
Luis Francisco Rico-Gutierrez & Martha Thorne

ISBN
978-1-944214-08-1