How Long to Read Adhocism, expanded and updated edition

How Long Does it Take to Read Adhocism, expanded and updated edition?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 17 minutes to read Adhocism, expanded and updated edition by Charles Jencks

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The triumphant return of a book that gave us permission to throw out the rulebook, in activities ranging from play to architecture to revolution. When this book first appeared in 1972, it was part of the spirit that would define a new architecture and design era—a new way of thinking ready to move beyond the purist doctrines and formal models of modernism. Charles Jencks and Nathan Silver's book was a manifesto for a generation that took pleasure in doing things ad hoc, using materials at hand to solve real-world problems. The implications were subversive. Turned-off citizens of the 1970s immediately adopted the book as a DIY guide. The word “adhocism” entered the vocabulary, the concept of adhocism became part of the designer's toolkit, and Adhocism became a cult classic. Now Adhocism is available again, with new texts by Jencks and Silver reflecting on the past forty years of adhocism and new illustrations demonstrating adhocism's continuing relevance. Adhocism has always been around. (Think Robinson Crusoe, making a raft and then a shelter from the wreck of his ship.) As a design principle, adhocism starts with everyday improvisations: a bottle as a candleholder, a dictionary as a doorstop, a tractor seat on wheels as a dining room chair. But it is also an undeveloped force within the way we approach almost every activity, from play to architecture to city planning to political revolution. Engagingly written, filled with pictures and examples from areas as diverse as auto mechanics and biology, Adhocism urges us to pay less attention to the rulebook and more to the real principle of how we actually do things. It declares that problems are not necessarily solved in a genius's “eureka!” moment but by trial and error, adjustment and readjustment.

How long is Adhocism, expanded and updated edition?

Adhocism, expanded and updated edition by Charles Jencks is 249 pages long, and a total of 64,491 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Adhocism, expanded and updated edition Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 52 minutes to read Adhocism, expanded and updated edition aloud.

What Reading Level is Adhocism, expanded and updated edition?

Adhocism, expanded and updated edition is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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