Originally developed in linguistics the structuralist approach has been introduced as a
scientific method in anthropology and other human sciences since the 1950s. In the 1960s and
1970s the double category of primary and secondary structure (langue and parole) essential to
structuralism in which the primary structure's system of rules determines how the secondary
elements are placed in relation to one another also advanced to a leading ideology in the
field of architecture and urban planning. From its development in the Netherlands and within
the Team 10 circle of architects structuralism in architecture quickly spread worldwide. This
book is a collection of 47 articles by renowned authors including among others Roland Barthes
Koos Bosma Jörg Gleiter Herman Hertzberger Arnulf Lüchinger Winy Maas Sylvain Malfroy
Hasim Sarkis Fabian Scheurer and Georges Teyssot. Through well-founded theoretical
contributions the book provides the first comprehensive representation of historical and
contemporary digital structural thinking in architecture and urban planning.
