#books #architecture | Reduce, reuse, recycle : architecture as resourse

Reduce, reuse, recycle : architecture as resourse : German Pavilion, 13th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia 2012 / edited by Muck Petzet, Florian Heilmeyer.
Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit : 2012.
1 vol (pag. var.). : il., planos.
Publicado junto con la contribución alemana al evento 13th International Architecture Exhibition, German Pavilion, Venice, Agosto 29-Noviembre 25, La Biennale di Venezia 2012.
ISBN 9783775734257
Arquitectura -- Exposiciones.
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- Alemania.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.092 RED
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1750045~S1*spi

In Germany, working with existing structures has become the architect’s most important task, the objective being to recognize and redevelop the energy and potentials of such structures: ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’. The approaches put forward here for dealing with them demonstrate what is possible in “everyday” building endeavors. Architects respect existing buildings, examine them from a contemporary point of view, and develop architecture through their interventions. With numerous best-practice examples, this book offers an overview of innovative strategies for regenerating, reusing, renovating, and augmenting pre-existing structures. Interviews, statements, and international references generate a changing self-image—of architects who, when transforming existing buildings, no longer see themselves as creators but as developers.