| Title |
A Comparative Study on the Urban Theory of O.M.Ungers and Colin Rowe - Focused on the concept of context, layer, type - |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK_PD.2018.34.9.97 |
| Keywords |
Ungers ; Rowe ; typology ; collage ; bricollage ; dialectic ; city in the city ; metaphor |
| Abstract |
Oswald Mathias Ungers and Colin Rowe are likely to be classified as Neo-rationalists, Typologists, and Contextualists with Aldo Rossi and Krier brothers. In urban theory, Ungers and Rowe opposed modern urbanism and also rejected the methodology of mat-building and megastructure. Teaching at Cornell, Rowe suggested Collage City purposing the concept of Bricollage while Ungers advanced City in the City and Dialectic City. Their theories look similar, however, in detail, they strongly differ in interpretation from the context, plurality, and layer as well as the view of contemporary society and urbanism. Rowe, whose nostalgic approach adhered to Nolli's Rome, had a tendency toward formalist however, Ungers was a realist who was interested in the new type of modern city. The main objective of this study is to analyze the commonalities and differences between theses two urban theories carefully, to trace the causes of the differences in perspectives, and thereby to consider their impact on the present. |