Als Ob: Fiktion in der Architektur = As if

Synopsis of Als Ob: Fiktion in der Architektur = As if

«Als Ob: Fiktion in der Architektur = As if» is Gerd Zimmermann's essay, published by Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in paperback (208 pages, in German).

From the perspectives of philosophy and aesthetics, the book examines how fiction intervenes in architectural conception and design, and how built spaces can be read as narratives. Throughout the text, Gerd Zimmermann connects design practice with art and technology to present architecture as a form of storytelling.

Published in January 1996, the work appears in the categories of Art and Culture and Philosophy, with text in German.

For readers of architectural theory, aesthetics, and philosophy of art interested in the links between narrative and built space.