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On the ‘Three Typologies’. The exercise of typology in… | by Luke Jones | Medium

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The exercise of typology in architecture — the identification of essential types of building or element — can seem primarily an enterprise of systematisation and ordering. Tables of plan forms, column capitals, material details, houses, apartments, civic functions of different kinds, styles, structural systems — abound in architectural textbooks from the 19th century onwards. Much of the pleasure of reading these now is the way in which they define a recognisable but foreign lexicon of possible action. This — is what a cottage in the ‘Egyptian style’ would look like. Here — is the plan form of a masonry building designed around a triangle, a square, and a pentagon. And there — are the plans and elevations of every significant variation of the vestibule… Typology is a term you still hear today, and the identification of architectural type is — if not all that common as a heuristic in the contemporary design process — then certainly at least still a major frame of reference for interpret

On the ‘Three Typologies’ Luke Jones 14 min read · Apr 17, 2017 -- 2 Listen Share The exercise of typology in architecture — the identification of essential types of building or element — can seem primarily an enterprise of systematisation and ordering. Tables of plan forms, column capitals, material details, houses, apartments, civic functions of different kinds, styles, structural systems — abound in architectural textbooks from the 19th century onwards. Much of the pleasure of reading these now is the way in which they define a recognisable but foreign lexicon of possible action. This — is

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