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Austrian philosopher, economist, and member of the Vienna Circle, Otto Neurath (1882–1945) investigated representational maps for more than two decades of his life. In search of "humanizing knowledge" he revolutionized the discipline of chart making by quantitative maps (picture statistics) accessible to a large public. Sophie Hochhäusl argues that Neurath's "city planning" maps served not only as one of the first accessible socio-political maps of a city, but it was in effect also a heuristic architectural device. Hochhäusl explores the extent to which Neurath perceived of the city as an agglomeration of social facts and how far his socio-political map contributed to planning the city on such basis. Sophie Hochhäusl received her M.Arch. from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (2008), and is currently a Ph.D. student in the History of Architecture and Urban Development Program at Cornell University. Her previous work includes the Viennese architecture children's book Pinsel, Paula und die Plaudernden Häuser (2006) and collection of teaching materials for high schools on the urban endeavors of Red Vienna (2008). A book emerging from her master's essay at Cornell University, O

Author

Sophie Hochhäusl; Otto Neurath

Publisher

innsbruck university press (iup) und edition laurin bei innsbruck university press Universität Innsbruck

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9783902811073