The relationship between architecture and music is as old as both disciplines. And it doesn’t take too long, "googling" these two concepts, to end in a page about Iannis Xenakis, his relationship with Le Corbusier, and the Philips Pavilion. Being so widely published, what does Sharon Kanach’s Xenakis Matters have that makes these issues interesting again? It might be because the volume helps us to understand the crossed paths through space and time between architecture and music, but also mathematics, game theory, and electronic music. Structured along three main lines — Contexts (philosophy), Processes (methods), and Applications (families of solutions) — the book seeks to reinforce the idea of “active knowledge through creativity.”
Xenakis Matters
A volume edited by Saron Kanach explores the many facets of Iannis Xenakis, who sought to engage, explore, and interrogate the full range of human experience, a much needed attitude in today’s architectural practice.
The relationship between architecture and music is as old as both disciplines. And it doesn’t take too long, "googling" these two concepts, to end in a page about Iannis Xenakis, his relationship with Le Corbusier, and the Philips Pavilion. Being so widely published, what does Sharon Kanach’s Xenakis Matters have that makes these issues interesting again? It might be because the volume helps us to understand the crossed paths through space and time between architecture and music, but also mathematics, game theory, and electronic music. Structured along three main lines — Contexts (philosophy), Processes (methods), and Applications (families of solutions) — the book seeks to reinforce the idea of “active knowledge through creativity.”