TY - ECHAP TI - Looking for an Equilibrium Point Wilson, Machiavelli and the King of Siam DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-08245-3.p.0731 SN - 978-2-406-08245-3 AB - What is architectura? What is construction? The architect described by Vitruvius in De architectura must know geometry, optics, gnomonic, etc. but, in order to transform ideas into buildings, he also must be able to guide and judge craftsmen, technicians and scientists, who know more than he does in their own fields of knowledge. he paper gives some glimpses of the disquisitions on fabrica and ratiocinatio, up to the analytical turn of mechanics. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/07/09 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/l-histoire-de-la-construction-construction-history-tome-ii-releve-d-un-chantier-europeen-survey-of-a-european-building-site-looking-for-an-equilibrium-point-en.html Y2 - 2024/07/17 ER -