table of contents
Editorial note by Claudia Mion
Foreword by Rafael Moneo
Preface by Giorgio Grassi
Introduction
The concept of type as an epistemological foundation of architecture
A logical statement on form
Type and historicity
The cognitive dimension of architecture
Applying Karl R. Popper's epistemology
Permanence and transformation of types
Classification and typology
Typological hybridisations
Form and its utility
Type and place
Type and structure
A critique of the semiotic approach
The concept of transformation in architecture
Type as an elementary structure
Elements and the whole
The notion of type in modern architecture
Monolithic vs. decomposable
Mies from a typological standpoint
Transgressing type
A response to the dilemma between historicism and experimentalism
Postface by Fabio Licitra: Let design speak
