This book presents themes related to contemporary architecture as the results of diverse cultural influences and architectural legacies, manifested in a rich variety of styles, materials, and spatial perceptions. It consists of 24 chapters written by authors from various continents and contains the result of research highlighting contemporary architecture in relation to multiple aspects that are distinguished by their eclectic nature, characterized by the integration of diverse cultural and architectural influences. The book examines aspects involving material aspects, technologies, design, history, salvage, technologies, and digitization. The aspects covered are always filtered through research, which objectively integrates traditional and innovative approaches. Thus, the focus is to explore the contemporary lexicon not only in the field of architecture and engineering, but in all those areas where this theme can be read with a meaningful vision. Contemporary architecture is constantly evolving, reflecting the changing needs of society and anticipating the challenges of the future.
The use of steel frames in heterogeneous construction equipment The
experimentation of Enrico Mandolesi in the second half of the twentieth
century.- The soul of the mental image and its reflection in the streets of
the contemporary city.- Contemporary art in Reality Vs Images, an analysis of
the work of Shirin Abedinirad.- Tactical Urbanism: description and analysis
of its associated lexicons.- Metaverse and architecture. A review on
representation and fruition of virtual worlds.- Valuing and Sharing
Contemporary Architectural Heritage: Exploring the Scan-to-HBIM-to-XR Process
with Veneza Farm Chapel.- Digital freehand, creativity and neuroscience.- The
vision of Artificial Intelligence. The Text-to-Image algorithm for
contemporary architecture.- Contemporary-Temporary Lexicon: Lifeguard towers
of Miami.- Bus stations in Spain in the middle of the 20th century: the case
of the Alicante Central Bus Station, 1943-1947.- Architectural Skin.
Geometric Shapes and Patterns in Contemporary Architecture.- The Dynamic
Labyrinth of Rem Koolhaas. Revisiting Le Corbusiers Promenade
Architecturale.- Digital twins for contemporary restoration of the Soli-mene
Factory.- Contemporary ruins: form and nature in Eduardo Souto de Mouras
houses.- The dialectic between ancient and contemporary in the restoration of
the tower of the SS. Quattro Coronati monastery in Rome.- In Search of Lost
Architecture: The Indoor Swimming Pool of Marbella, Spain, by Paolo
Portoghesi and Vittorio Gigliotti.- Design, Research, and Education.
Contemporary Ways of Fashion.-Algorithm-aided design process: different types
of collective housing for new ways of living.- Forms of the Modernity.
Digital studies on Luciana Natoli.- The architectural language of
contemporary bell towers for the knowledge and enhancement with extensible
structures: the case study of the Loggetta.- From modernism to contemporary
design: the Italian case. A multimedia representation of the flow of ideas
and relationships among 152 designer chairs.- The Visuality of the Rubiks
Cube.- The Palazzo Cassa di Risparmi di Livorno by Luigi Vagnetti: An iconic
melting pot of architectural languages.- Regenerative Architecture. The
Architectural Lexicon of Sustainable Buildings in Barcelona.
