Lexicon

Salomon Frausto, Tom Avermaete, Hans Teerds, Jean-Louis Cohen

Lexicon N°1: The succeeding pages are the result of a seminar taught at the Berlage in the autumn of 2015 by Tom Avermaete, Proffesor of Architecture, and Hans Teerds of the TU Delft's Chair of Methods and Analysis. Students sought new insights on the relationships of architecture to society by identifying forty-two keywords based on recent perspectives on how architects practice today. Accompanying this nomenclature are ten critical positions on the changing role of the architect.00Lexicon N°2: Originating as a preassignment to the Ben van Berkel-led design master class entitled "Architecture without Architects/Architecture without Architects?", held at the Berlage in November 2014, this book is an attempt at dialogue and debate on the changing role of the architect. Tom Avermaete and Hans Teerds of the TU Delft's Chair of Methods and Analysis, along with myself, selected a number of...