Hans Van Der Laan's Instruments of Thought: Proportion, Architecture, Analogy

by Kees Biesen and Tiziana Proietti

The work of the Dutch Benedictine monk and architect Hans van der Laan (1904-1991) offers important insights into the ways in which artifacts address the complexity of human physical, cognitive, and social needs. Van der Laan developed a number of powerful lines of thought, three of which are introduced here: the search for a theory of architecture; the establishment of a three-dimensional system of proportions named Plastic Number; and analogy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032295384
• ISBN13: 9781032295381
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages