Lucien F Steil

University of Notre Dame, Architecture, Faculty Member

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"Il Teatro Domestico"

"Il Teatro Domestico", 2019

Short reflection on furniture as actors in the metaphysical realm of interior life and "domestic ... more

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IN THE MOOD FOR ARCHITECTURE Tradition, Modernism & Serendipity

The book 'In the Mood for Architecture, Tradition, Modernism and Serendipity' endeavors bridging ... more The book 'In the Mood for Architecture, Tradition, Modernism and Serendipity' endeavors bridging over entrenched positions on Tradition versus Modernity, and Modernism versus Classicism, and hopes offering a theoretical 'esquisse', or at least a meditative fragment, addressing a contemporary architecture which is not afraid of acknowledging both tradition and modernity, embraces newness, originality, but also defers to imitation and convention.

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URBAN SKETCHING & CAPRICCIO WORKSHOP

"Atelier de Dessin" with High School Students in Luxembourg. The theme was : "Permanence & Change... more "Atelier de Dessin" with High School Students in Luxembourg. The theme was : "Permanence & Change" in the context of cultural and urban identity/ How can we remain what we are if everything changes all the time? « Se vogliamo che tutto rimanga come è, bisogna che tutto cambi ! »
« Si nous voulons que tout reste tel que c'est, il faut que tout change.»
Citation de Tancredi dans "Il Gattopardo" de Tomaso di Lampedusa

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"Meditation in Green", A Hermeneutical-Phenomenological Approach

What is Green Architecture? A Hermeneutical-Phenomenological approach to issues of sustainable, e... more What is Green Architecture? A Hermeneutical-Phenomenological approach to issues of sustainable, ecological and 'green' architecture. The paper reflects through images, examples and counter-examples and refers broadly to Wikipedia definitions and a wide range of architectural projects and precedents.

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Home and Exile, an Architect's Journey

Autobiographic Fragments, Notes, Quotes and Sketches of a Nomadic Architect

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Architecture which hurts, Architecture which heals

discusses the wide range of issues of 'building & dwelling' and the way architecture nurtures, pr... more

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LONDON DESERVES BETTER!

fascinating essay by urbanist Paul Murrain which discusses in great detail the excesses of 'heigh... more fascinating essay by urbanist Paul Murrain which discusses in great detail the excesses of 'height' and elaborates on height regulations and the various essential aspects of urban comfort considered in successful cities, and also shows how exceptionally a mid-rise can be acceptable if it contributes to the beauty and comfort of the city and its citizens, etc. Extraordinary essay!

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Reconstruction and Commemoration

Why should art, architecture and city-building stand as allegories of unbearable pain and disfigu... more

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Plus Haut Tu Meurs

En réalité la construction effrénée de gratte-ciels exprime moins une ‘Passion de la Grandeur’ qu... more

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La Folie des Hauteurs

En réalité la construction effrénée de gratte-ciels exprime moins une ‘Passion de la Grandeur’ qu... more

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Inside Time and Inside Place, Tradition, Modernity and the Contemporary

"...That between the traditional and the new or, between order and adventure, there is no real op... more

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An Eternal Becoming, Tradition & Modernity

. Inheriting a pre-existing, fragmented world shaped by preceding generations, which it continues... more . Inheriting a pre-existing, fragmented world shaped by preceding generations, which it continues to alter and develop before leaving it to successive generations, each generation needs to assume both past and future, sometimes despite of itself, and contribute to the preservation, construction and remodeling of the world, and take responsibility for change, or destruction – all share in the responsibility for reconstruction, and have to re-assimilate and re-think the legacy of knowledge, experience and culture which will provide the foundation to be built upon.

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An Eternal Becoming, Tradition

The traditional process of creation and recreation is inspired by ideals of a familiar world arti... more The traditional process of creation and recreation is inspired by ideals of a familiar world articulating the mythical prospects of ‘Time and Place’ in an operational synthesis, a synthesis where ‘Genius Loci’ and ‘Zeitgeist’ are at peace. In this synthesis the permanence of ‘Genius Loci’ and the impermanence of ‘Zeitgeist’ agree upon vital tactical synergies allowing for a perpetual ‘modernity’ and timeless inspiration of living building traditions.

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To be or not to be a College Town?

Looking at College Towns as an Ideal Urban Type and discussing whether, why and how South Bend, I... more

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Social Housing in Historical Context

Discussion of Social Housing Strategies and Concepts in Historic Centers

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Social Housing in Historical Context

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Learning from Successful Waterfronts I

Images, Patterns and Arguments from successful Waterfront Cities and Developments in Europe and i... more

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Learning from Successful Waterfronts II

Images, Patterns and Arguments for Urban Waterfront Developments

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Water & City/ Waterfront Development

how water nurtures life and the urban habitat of mankind, and how cities can learn from great wat... more

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Towards a Symbiosis of Architecture and Urbanism as an Ecological Project

discusses the futility and shallowness of contemporary "Green Architecture" and false "Sustainabi... more

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"Il Teatro Domestico"

"Il Teatro Domestico", 2019

Short reflection on furniture as actors in the metaphysical realm of interior life and "domestic ... more

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IN THE MOOD FOR ARCHITECTURE Tradition, Modernism & Serendipity

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URBAN SKETCHING & CAPRICCIO WORKSHOP

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"Meditation in Green", A Hermeneutical-Phenomenological Approach

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Home and Exile, an Architect's Journey

Autobiographic Fragments, Notes, Quotes and Sketches of a Nomadic Architect

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Architecture which hurts, Architecture which heals

discusses the wide range of issues of 'building & dwelling' and the way architecture nurtures, pr... more

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LONDON DESERVES BETTER!

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Reconstruction and Commemoration

Why should art, architecture and city-building stand as allegories of unbearable pain and disfigu... more

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Plus Haut Tu Meurs

En réalité la construction effrénée de gratte-ciels exprime moins une ‘Passion de la Grandeur’ qu... more

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La Folie des Hauteurs

En réalité la construction effrénée de gratte-ciels exprime moins une ‘Passion de la Grandeur’ qu... more

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Inside Time and Inside Place, Tradition, Modernity and the Contemporary

"...That between the traditional and the new or, between order and adventure, there is no real op... more

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An Eternal Becoming, Tradition & Modernity

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An Eternal Becoming, Tradition

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To be or not to be a College Town?

Looking at College Towns as an Ideal Urban Type and discussing whether, why and how South Bend, I... more

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Social Housing in Historical Context

Discussion of Social Housing Strategies and Concepts in Historic Centers

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Social Housing in Historical Context

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Learning from Successful Waterfronts I

Images, Patterns and Arguments from successful Waterfront Cities and Developments in Europe and i... more

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Learning from Successful Waterfronts II

Images, Patterns and Arguments for Urban Waterfront Developments

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Water & City/ Waterfront Development

how water nurtures life and the urban habitat of mankind, and how cities can learn from great wat... more

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Towards a Symbiosis of Architecture and Urbanism as an Ecological Project

discusses the futility and shallowness of contemporary "Green Architecture" and false "Sustainabi... more

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Home & Exile

Autobiographic Fragments, Notes & Quotes, Sketches and Aphorisms on Home, Exile, Nostalgia and Li... more

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"The Architectural Capriccio"

The capriccio is a pictorial ‘invention’ creating an imaginary or ‘analogue’ reality by combining... more The capriccio is a pictorial ‘invention’ creating an imaginary or ‘analogue’ reality by combining existing buildings or places with imaginary ones, shifting or re-organizing their locations and their groupings into uniquely suggestive visions. In fact what characterizes the capriccio is: truth, reality and realism. It enhances a formidable potential of life and livability in beautifully composed, complex and memorable environments, places, landscapes and buildings which only exist in the realm of desire… The realm of desire is the realm of life……

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Permanence & Impermanence

How to evolve without changing’ and ‘How to maintain the identity and character of a place or com... more How to evolve without changing’ and ‘How to maintain the identity and character of a place or community without stagnation?’ Here the wise and puzzling statement by Tancredi in “The Leopard” (“Il Gattopardo”, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, 1958): “If we want that everything remains the same, everything has to change”, exposing quite dramatically the dialectics between permanence and change. It also highlights pointedly the danger of ‘stasis’ and the fact that permanence, continuity as well as identity are not static realities but complex dynamic configurations we need to constantly reassess, consolidate, emulate, and maybe reinvent….

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Letchworth Revisited

“The Garden City, as Howard defined it, is not a suburb but the antithesis of a suburb: not a mor... more

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The New Garden City

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Aprendiendo de la ciudad tradicional: La Madrid Traditional Architecture and Urbanism Summer School 2015

by Alejandro García Hermida and Lucien F Steil

La Madrid Traditional Architecture and Urbanism Summer School 2015 se desarrolló entre los días 1... more La Madrid Traditional Architecture and Urbanism Summer School 2015 se desarrolló entre los días 15 y 21 de junio de 2015. Fue organizada por el Premio Rafael Manzano Martos, la Escuela de Arquitectura de la
Universidad de Notre Dame y la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Miami, gracias al apoyo del Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust. Contó además con la colaboración del Ayuntamiento de Madrid, la Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, la Universidadde Alcalá, INTBAU España y el Centro de Investigación de Arquitectura Tradicional (CIAT).

Publicada en DPArquitectura, 12, pp. 30-41. Bilbao, 2016.
ISSN 2340-8677

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