#monographic #architecture | 2G 73 | Studio Anne Holtrop

Studio Anne Holtrop / [texts by Valerio Olgiati, Giovanna Borasi, Maaike Lauwaert ; Nexus text by Anne Holtrop ; photographs by Bas Princen.].
Koenig Books, London : 2016.
160 p. : principalmente il.
Colección: 2G ; 73.
ISBN 9783863358723
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72(082) *DOS/73
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1849952~S1*spi

Until very recently, Anne Holtrop had only built a few small pavilions and various installations between art and architecture. Outside of conventional architectural circuit, and more related to the art installations, these extremely poetic pavilions consisted of small-scale spatial concepts and personal research on materials. However, the work of Holtrop took a leap of scale with two projects finished in 2015: the Museum Fort Vechten in Bunnik (near Utrecht, The Netherlands) and the National Pavilion of the Kingdom of Bahrain for the Milan Universal Exhibition of 2015. The former, a museum built within the enclosure of the New Hollandic Water Line fortifications, dug into the ground to create dark concrete walled galleries opening onto a courtyard artificial. The second, the National Pavilion of Bahrain is enclosed by a tall concrete wall that contains an interior maze of galleries, corridors and gardens.

#books #architecture | Structural affairs

Structural affairs / editors Daniel Gethmann.
Birkhäuser, Basel : 2016.
309 p. : il.
Número monográfico de : GAM : architecture magazine, ISSN 1612-9482, n. 12 (2016).
Texto en inglés y alemán.
ISBN 9783035609837
Estructuras -- Diseño.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-624.04 STR
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1851176~S1*spi

Increasingly, innovative construction design relies on interdisciplinary cooperation between architects, engineers and the construction industry. ‘GAM.12 - Structural Affairs’ takes a look at the mechanics of cooperation in the dynamic work processes of contemporary architecture. New digital methods, materials and production methods require the participation of more and more specialised stakeholders in the design and construction process – they influence and determine the respective architectural design process from the outline idea through to detailed design and construction. GAM.12 investigates the potential and synergies of this development for the architectural process, and presents current projects and theoretical positions for discussion.

#books #architecture | Climates : architecture and the planetary imaginary

Climates : architecture and the planetary imaginary / James Graham, editor ... [et al.].
Lars Müller [etc.], Zurich [etc.] : 2016.
371 p. : il.
ISBN 9783037784945
Arquitectura -- Aspecto del medio ambiente.
Arquitectura y clima.
Urbanismo -- Aspecto del medio ambiente.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72:504 CLI
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854466~S1*spi

This book is a collection of essays at the intersection of architecture and climate change. Neither a collective lament nor an inventory of architectural responses, the essays consider cultural values ascribed to climate and ask how climate reflects our conception of what architecture is and does. Which materials and conceptual infrastructures render climate legible, knowable, and actionable, and what are their spatial implications? How do these interrelated questions offer new vantage points on the architectural ramifications of climate change at the interface of resiliency, sustain- ability, and ecotechnology? Climates also contains a dossier of precedents for thinking about architecture and climate change drawn from a number of leading practitioners. New approaches to understanding climate in architecture make this book invaluable. This publication is a project by The Avery Review, a journal produced by the Office of Publications at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

#libros #arquitectura | Párrafos de arquitectura : core[oh]grafías

Párrafos de arquitectura : core[oh]grafías / Miguel Angel Díaz Camacho.
Ediciones Asimétricas, Madrid : 2016.
138 p. : il.
Colección: Ventana Impresa
ISBN 9788494474361
Arquitectura -- Teoría.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.01 PAR
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1850519~S1*spi

La arquitectura resulta sin duda una de las más hermosas formas del conocimiento, una singular construcción de la mirada y el pensamiento desde nuestra propia subjetividad: más allá de la razón y sus limitaciones, más allá de la emoción y sus predicamentos. Difícil equidistancia. ¿Cómo aprender este imprudente oficio del equilibrismo? Para Le Corbusier se trataba de trascender lo razonable: “pensar con la razón paraliza el mundo”, nos decía. La presente colección de escritos organiza de modo no exhaustivo cuatro centros de gravedad artificial —continentes, manufacturas, sistemas y transiciones— una coreografía feliz y acumulativa cuyo valor se ha de buscar no tanto en cada uno de los textos por separado, como en las resonancias y tensiones que aparecen y se ocultan entre todos ellos: el aprendizaje y sus core[oh]grafías.

Selección de las mejores entradas del popular blog "Párrafos de arquitectura", sobre cuestiones arquitectónicas vistas desde la sostenibilidad y la eficiencia energética. La presente colección de escritos se articula en torno a cuatro líneas maestras: continentes, manufacturas, sistemas y transiciones, a partir de las cuales los textos seleccionados organizan una visión personal sobre la arquitectura actual. Se presenta como un sumatorio de líneas transitables, una coreografía feliz y acumulativa cuyo valor se ha buscar no tanto en cada una de los textos por separado, sino en las resonancias y tensiones que aparecen y se ocultan entre todos ellos, más allá, incluso, de las palabras.

#books #architecture | Das Andere : ein Blatt zur Einfuehrung abendlaendischer Kultur in Oesterreich : 1. Jahr, Wien 1903

Das Andere : ein Blatt zur Einfuehrung abendlaendischer Kultur in Oesterreich : 1. Jahr, Wien 1903 = The other : a journal for the introduction of Western culture into Austria : year 1, Vienna 1903 / geschrieben von = written by Adolf Loos ; edited by Beatriz Colomina, with Kimberli Meyer.
Lars Müller, Zurich : 2016.
1 carpeta : il. Contiene: 3 folletos (47, 12, 11 p.).
Textos en alemán e inglés.
Reprod. de la ed. de: Wien : Kunst, 1903.
ISBN 9783037784815
Arquitectura -- Teoría.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.01 AND
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854474~S1*spi

First two numbers of the extremely rare periodical written entirely by Adolf Loos (his first separately published work), of which only five numbers appeared. Original stapled wraps, totally uncut; 12 p. per issue (excluding printed wrappers); with a total of 5 ill. (4 from drawings and one from a photograph), exclusive of advertisements. Das Andere was "¿a journal for the introduction of Western Civilization in Austria'", in which Loos "discussed the daily life of his contemporaries, and criticized them relentlessly. As a participant in most of the city's artistic events, he arduously defended endeavors at new expressions against the distrust or hostility of the public." (Tournikiotis, Adolf Loos, 1994, p. 14). According to Tournikiotis, Loos' writings are central to the question of his role as a modernist architect and his more recent rediscovery as a forerunner of post-modernism. Because of its newspaper format and limited audience (Loos' fellow Viennese), Das Andere is much rarer than most art periodicals of the period. Covers slightly soiled; original staples rusted but present; otherwise very good.

#books #architecture | Poem on Algiers = Die poesie Algiers

Poem on Algiers = Die poesie Algiers / Le Corbusier ; postface by Cleo Cantone = Nachwort von Cleo Cantone.
Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern : 2016.
125 p. : il.
Texto en inglés y alemán.
ISBN 9783775740968
Argelia.
Arquitectura -- Dibujos y planos.
Arquitectura -- Siglo XX.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72LE CORBUSIER POE
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854469~S1*spi

Le Corbusier's (1887-1965) "Poesie sur Alger," written in 1942 and first published in 1950, is a self-mocking examination of 13 intensive years of ultimately abortive work, during which Le Corbusier devoted himself to the drawing up of extensive urban plans for Algiers. Numerous additional plans followed on his first trip to Algeria in 1931. The architect dreamed of installing Algiers as the southernmost point of the cultural connection between the littoral states of the Mediterranean, between Paris, Barcelona and Rome--as an "Islamic pole," as he called it. The decision to publish his very personal and self-illustrated thoughts on a "plan directeur" for Algiers marks an important point in Le Corbusier's development. The publication provides many insights into the inner life and world of thought of the pioneer of architectural modernism.

#libros #arquitectura #arte | Giovanni Battista Piranesi : completo de grabados

Giovanni Battista Piranesi : catalogo completo delle acqueforti = catálogo completo de grabados = catálogo completo das águas-fortes / Luigi Ficacci.
Taschen, Köln [etc.] : 2016.
853 p. : il.
Texto en español, italiano y portugués.
ISBN 9783836559416
Arquitectura en el arte.
Grabado -- Catálogos.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 -- Catálogos.
Roma en el arte.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72PIRANESI GIO
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854382~S1*spi

El grabador de cobre más famoso del siglo XVIII, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) se dio a conocer por sus aguafuertes de la antigua Roma. Sus impresionantes imágenes en claroscuro infundían tal dramatismo y romanticismo a las ruinas arqueológicas de la ciudad que se convirtieron en los recuerdos favoritos para los turistas distinguidos que viajaban a Italia en busca de la educación y la cultura clásicas.

Actualmente, a Piranesi se le conoce no solo por haber dado a conocer la imagen de Roma en el resto de Europa, sino también por su elaborada serie de cárceles estrambóticas, ‘Carceri’, que han infl uido en generaciones de creadores, desde los surrealistas hasta Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Edgar Allan Poe, Jorge Luis Borges y Franz Kafka.

Basadas vagamente en los decorados contemporáneos más que en los auténticos calabozos lóbregos de la época de Piranesi, estas intrincadas imágenes desafían la realidad arquitectónica para jugar con la perspectiva, la iluminación y la escala. Las escaleras existen en dos planos al mismo tiempo; unos techos enormes y abovedados parecen elevarse hacia el firmamento; se confunde el interior con el exterior. Con un punto de vista bajo y figuras frágiles y pequeñas, las escenas de la prisión se convierten en monstruosas megaciudades de confinamientos consideradas hasta el momento como obras maestras del dramatismo existencialista.

#libros #arquitectura | Gueorgui Krútikov : la ciudad voladora, utopía y realidad

Gueorgui Krútikov : la ciudad voladora, utopía y realidad / Selim Omárovich Jan-Magomédov.
Tenov, Barcelona : 2015.
159 p. : il.
ISBN 9788493923198
Arquitectura -- Siglo XX -- URSS.
Constructivismo (Arquitectura) -- URSS.
Urbanismo -- URSS.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.036(47) GUE
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854297~S1*spi

La obra de Gueorgui Krútikov sintetiza las aspiraciones de la vanguardia rusa y su posterior evolución. En 1928, siendo un prometedor estudiante de los Vjutemás, Krútikov presentó una idea visionaria para responder a la sobreexplotación del planeta: ‘La ciudad voladora’. Proponía construir viviendas que flotaran en órbitas geoestacionarias y así liberar la superficie terrestre para el ocio y la actividad industrial. Los habitantes de esta red de ciudades concebida a escala planetaria se desplazarían en cabinas individuales que permitirían recorrer el planeta por tierra, mar y aire y conquistar el sistema solar.

Krútikov se formó después de la Revolución en un contexto cultural en el que todo parecía posible. Este optimismo marcó sus mejores años como proyectista. Las ideas de urbanismo móvil y arquitectura flexible que había plasmado de forma radical en su proyecto de licenciatura, reaparecen en sus propuestas para el teatro experimental, la organización de ciudades-comuna o el Palacio de los Sóviets. Su pasión por la conquista del espacio subyace en los exquisitos montajes expositivos que realizó junto a Lissitzky o su propuesta para el monumento a Colón. La llegada del estalinismo le obligó a adoptar el estilo neoclásico, con el que diseñó una de las grandilocuentes estaciones del metro de Moscú. Insatisfecho con este giro abandonó el diseño arquitectónico para luchar por la preservación del patrimonio de la URSS, una actividad que le enfrentó a la burocracia comunista.

Gracias al estudio de su archivo personal, Jan-Magomédov reconstruyó su trayectoria y rescató del limbo a este enigmático personaje, colmando con esta monografía un vacío en la historia de la arquitectura del siglo xx.

#libros #arquitectura | AP164 : Ábalos & Herreros

AP164 : Ábalos & Herreros / seleccionados por Kersten Geers ... [et al.] ; con una interpretación fotográfica de Stefano Graziani.
Park Books [etc.], Zurich [etc.] : 2016.
208 p. : il.
ISBN 9783038600305
Abalos & Herreros.
Arquitectura -- Siglo XX -- España.
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- España.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72ABALOS APC
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854546~S1*spi

¿Existe una arquitectura de la conversación?, se preguntaban Iñaki Ábalos y Juan Herreros en su texto “Una conversación” publicado en ‘Circo’ núm. 9 (1993). Como si su arquitectura pudiera entenderse como el resultado directo del diálogo entre ellos mismos, así como con arquitectos del pasado y del presente, pero sobre todo como si la arquitectura pudiera ser la herramienta con la que expresar y debatir ideas relacionadas con la cultura contemporánea.

Iñaki Ábalos y Juan Herreros donaron los archivos de su práctica común al Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) en 2012. Un archivo es un repositorio de las ideas de sus creadores, un instrumento para poner a descubierto su modo de pensar y sus procesos de proyecto. En el contexto de un centro especializado en la conservación y estudio de archivos de arquitectura como el CCA, este material constituye también la base de una conversación con un número creciente de actores.

Esta publicación presenta las conversaciones generadas por tres lecturas de los archivos de Ábalos&Herreros por parte de equipos de arquitectos que, durante sus años formativos, tuvieron relación con este estudio o con la práctica docente de Iñaki y Juan. El enfoque temático de las lecturas, que dieron lugar a sendas exposiciones y presentaciones públicas en el CCA, habla al mismo tiempo las actitudes e intereses de la obra analizada como de la de una nueva generación de arquitectos.

AP 164: Ábalos & Herreros es el primer libro que se basa en el archivo del estudio para ofrecer una nueva visión de esta importante práctica arquitectónica.

#books #architecture | Casa de Chá da Boa Nova

Casa de Chá da Boa Nova / Alvaro Siza.
Amag Books, [Porto] : 2016.
[80] p. : principalmente il.
Colección: AMAG Books Square Collection ; 5.
Texto en inglés y portugués.
ISBN 9788460893967
Casa de Chá da Boa Nova (Leça da Palmeira, Portugal)
Siza, Alvaro, 1933- .
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72SIZA CAS
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1851160~S1*spi

"Casa de Chá da Boa Nova (1958/63) will be the possibility to practice the new references in particularly favorable conditions. The safety of a landscape and a challenging topography, which are wished unalterable, a kind of guarantor of an universal harmony, was setting and place for a designed building in contemplation / understanding of nature, not being, however, mimetic or passive, but generous identification and active interpretation. See yourself as the rocks before thoroughly conditioned the shape, gain cut and special sculptural force against the white plaster and become into spectacular fireworks´ project." - Alexandre Alves Costa, architect

When Álvaro Siza finished what is known as the Boa Nova Tea House in the early 1960s, it marked the beginning of his career. Set in a challenging topography, the building stands as a symbol of architecture’s identification with, and active interpretation of, the landscape. The composition of its low, volumetric expressiveness and surrounding rocks demands a respectful attentiveness, which until recently had been steadily deteriorating. Under the supervision of Siza, a full restoration of the building’s public spaces and a deeper intervention in its service areas has been undertaken. Beautifully photographed, with plans and original sketches by the architect.

#books #architecture | Surfaced : the formation of twisted structures : the work of SYSTEMarchitects

Surfaced : the formation of twisted structures : the work of SYSTEMarchitects / contributions by Chee Pearlman, Carolina Miranda, Paul Chatterton ; edited by Oscar Riera Ojeda.
Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers, Hong Kong : 2015.
233 p. : principalmente il.
ISBN 9789881225238
Arquitectura -- Innovaciones tecnológicas.
Diseño asistido por ordenador.
Espacio (Arquitectura)
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72:681.3 SUR
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1809616~S1*spi

Architectural structures create the environment in which they are situated, while at the same time describing that environment. Complex forms, such as the twist, offer the architect a tool to shape an environment with a visible smoothness that disguises the space’s complexity and precision. But twisted structures present a double-challenge for architects and builders. To create such structures, it is necessary not only to design them, but to design the method of constructing them. For some geometries, it is enough to take a conventional building method, or an already extant tool and modify it slightly. But more often than not, completely new tools and methods need to be figured out. This process of re-engineering, rethinking, and reimagining leads to an increasing and progressively more intimate awareness of material, texture, and detail. This book charts the journey of SYSTEMarchitects from the folded geometries of the seminal BURST house exhibited at MOMA’s renowned 2008 show to the curves, tucks and twisted spaces that followed. It records five years of experimentation with pre-fabricated and iterative techniques, low cost materials, and algorithmic design all in service of projects made for everyday use. It examines the role of parametric design in the domestic sphere, and It explores twisted volumes, from large scale structures to the very surface of the twist itself, offering a whole new animated direction for architecture.

#books #architecture | Cycle space : architecture & urban design in the age of the bicycle

Cycle space : architecture & urban design in the age of the bicycle / Steven Fleming.
NAI010, Rotterdam : 2012.
176 p. : il.
ISBN 9789462080041
Desplazamientos en bicicleta.
Transportes urbanos.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-711.7 CYC
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1851161~S1*spi

‘Cycle Space’ is the first book to view the city through the lens--or rearview mirror--of the bicycle. It features portraits of eight major cities and their respective cycling cultures: New York, Chicago, Portland, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Budapest, São Paolo, Singapore and Sydney. Each of these cities has seen a groundswell of cyclists taking to its streets in recent years. From death-defying bike messengers to hipsters with a taste for cycle chic to commuters simply riding to work, cycling is now being viewed as more than just an alternative: it's practical; it's cool; it's green. In ‘Cycle Space’, architecture professor and cycling enthusiast Steven Fleming (or Dr. Behooving, as he is known to those who follow his blog, Behooving Moving) suggests new ways of designing better cities, thereby reducing emissions, commute times, ill health and sprawl in the process. Not only can architecture and urban design begin to optimize conditions for cycling; they can also take inspiration from the aesthetics and ethics of cycling as well. Fleming argues that understanding why more and more people are choosing bikes is key for discovering the full potential of the bicycle as a transformative force in the design of our cities. Cycle Space is a must-read for anyone interested in the nexus of architecture, cycling and urban design.

#libros #construccion | La envolvente acústica de los edificios

La envolvente acústica de los edificios / César Díaz-Sanchidrián.
Munilla-Lería, Madrid : 2016.
235 p. : il.
Colección: Abecé ; 9.
ISBN 9788494239229
Acústica arquitectónica.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-534 ENV
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1851177~S1*spi

En las últimas décadas, los niveles de ruido en las ciudades y su relación con la molestia y efectos sobre la salud de los ciudadanos se han con­ vertido en temas habituales de debate. Como resultado, la evaluación de los niveles de los ruidos transmitidos a los recintos de los edificios ha recibido una atención mayor en los últimos años y se ha publicado una gran cantidad de normativa que afecta a la protección frente al ruido en los edificios.

En general, la normativa de la edificación establece las exigencias que se deben cumplir al proyectar, construir, usar, mantener y conservar los edificios, incluidas sus instalaciones, con el fin de asegurar la calidad, seguridad y salud del usuario, respetando en todo momento el medio ambiente. A la envolvente del edificio se le exige entre otras: que limite la demanda energética, que proteja contra el ruido exterior y que permita una renovación permanente de aire en los recintos habitables. A lo largo del texto se analizarán las exigencias acústicas mínimas que tiene que cumplir esta envolvente para garantizar que los niveles sonoros de inmisión en los recintos sean los adecuados a su uso.

Es importante que todos los técnicos que participan en el proceso edificatorio tengan conocimiento de las magnitudes físicas y los términos acústicos específicos que se utilizan en la acústica de la edificación. En este libro se introducen los que caracterizan el aislamiento acústico a ruido aéreo de los sistemas constructivos, entre recintos y de las fachadas.

#libri #arte #letteratura | Tra le rovine : un viaggio attraverso la storia, l'arte e la letteratura

Tra le rovine : un viaggio attraverso la storia, l'arte e la letteratura / Christopher Woodward ; traduzione di Libero Sosio.
Ugo Guanda, Parma : 2008.
254 p. : il.
Colección: Biblioteca della Fenice.
ISBN 9788860883568
Arquitectura en el arte.
Arte y literatura.
Edificios ruinosos.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72:82 TRA
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1848829~S1*spi

Il fascino delle rovine, l'attrazione che esercitano su un pubblico sempre più vasto di appassionati, nascono secondo Christopher Woodward, storico dell'architettura, da una caratteristica che va ben oltre il loro interesse come monumenti: elemento centrale in questo interesse è la loro incompiutezza, che diventa stimolo per la creatività. Dialogo fra una realtà incompleta e l'immaginazione dello spettatore, le rovine hanno ispirato in ogni tempo l'arte pittorica e la letteratura. Per esplorare le molteplici declinazioni di un rapporto così fecondo, Woodward compie un viaggio attraverso i millenni, dalla piana di Troia alle testimonianze dell'antica Roma, dai palazzi dei sultani a Zanzibar fino alle macerie di Londra dopo i bombardamenti aerei della Seconda guerra mondiale. Il suggestivo Grand Tour che l'autore propone non si limita ai luoghi, ma coinvolge anche le persone che hanno frequentato e amato questi luoghi: Byron nell'abbazia di Newstead in rovina, Flaubert nel suo viaggio tra le piramidi d'Egitto, Goethe e Henry James al Colosseo, Freud a Pompei. Il rapporto con le rovine illumina alcuni passaggi chiave della storia della letteratura: il "Prometeo liberato" di Shelley fu scritto per la maggior parte davanti alle Terme di Caracalla, "Il Gattopardo" è legato indissolubilmente al Palazzo Lampedusa di Palermo, così come i giardini di Ninfa ispirarono a Bassani quelli dei suoi "Finzi-Contini".

#books #architecture | DD 42 | Building knowledge in interdisciplinary design : Casanova + Hernandez-Netherlands

Building knowledge in interdisciplinary design : Casanova + Hernandez-Netherlands / editor, Doyeong Yoon.
DAMDI, Seoul, Korea : 2015.
247. : il.
Colección: DD Design Document Series ; 42.
Textos en inglés y coreano.
ISBN 9788968010361
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- Holanda.
Casanova+Hernández Architects
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.038(492) BUI
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1855177~S1*spi

The Rotterdam-based design and research studio of Casanova + Hernandez was founded in 2001, and works with an interdisciplinary team in its focus on rethinking and designing our urban habitat in order to create vibrant cities while promoting environmental and social sustainability. With experience in developing projects in very different cultural contexts in Europe, South America, and Asia, the office is structured in two complementary platforms: C+H Projects and C+H Think Tank. Besides a critical essay on the practice, this richly illustrated volume features more than 30 projects covering the fields of collective housing, public space and buildings, and hybrid urbanism.

#books #architecture | Architecture in the Netherlands : yearbook : 2015-2016

Architectuur in Nederland : jaarboek = Architecture in the Netherlands : yearbook : 2015-2016 / samengesteld door = edited by, Tom Avermaete ... [et al.].
NAI010, Rotterdam : 2016.
176 p. : il.
Texto bilingüe en neerlandés e inglés.
ISBN 9789462082786
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- Holanda.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.038(492) *ARC/2016
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1855173~S1*spi

The Yearbook Architecture in the Netherlands is the international business card for Dutch architecture. The four members of the book’s editorial team select 30 outstanding projects completed over the past year and describe the most important developments and trends that influence the production and design of Dutch architecture. Needless to say, this publication also contains a survey of the most important awards, competitions, exhibitions and publications of the past year. For more than a quarter of a century, Architecture in the Netherlands has provided an invaluable survey for all those interested in Dutch architecture or professionally involved with it.

#books #architecture | Jun Aoki : complete works. 3, 2005-2014

Jun Aoki : complete works. 3, 2005-2014 / Jun Aoki.
Lixil Publishing, Tokyo : 2016.
309 p. : il.
Texto en japonés, descripción de proyectos en japonés e inglés.
ISBN 9784864800228
Aoki, Jun, 1956-
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- Japón.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72AOKI JUN
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854887~S1*spi

The third monograph of Japanese architect Jun Aoki, recently known for his widely published Louis Vuitton Matsuya Ginza facade renewal, covers roughly a decade of work. Beginning with the Aomori Museum of Art, the selection of works features a range of scales and functions, from which emerges a portrait of the architect’s philosophy and approach. Interestingly, Aoki chooses to present images of his built works in black and white, appended with detailed drawings and project data in a separate section. Several texts also intersperse the chronologically presented projects, which include Mitsue Primary School, Yeosu Expo Pavilion, BMW Art Car Collection, and more.

#books #architecture | Architecture as the ethics of climate

Architecture as the ethics of climate / Jin Baek.
Routledge, London [etc.] : 2016.
xiv, 137 p. : il.
ISBN 9780415623506
Arquitectura -- Aspecto del medio ambiente.
Arquitectura sostenible.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72:504 ARC
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1851172~S1*spi

At a time when climate and ethics have become so important to architectural debate, this book proposes an entirely new way for architects to engage with these core issues.

Drawing on Tetsuro Watsuji‘s (1889-1960) philosophy, the book illuminates climate not as a collection of objective natural phenomena, but as a concrete form of bond in which "who we are"—the subjective human experience—is indivisibly intertwined with the natural phenomena. The book further elucidates the inter-personal nature of climatic experiences, criticizing a view that sees atmospheric effects of climate under the guise of personal experientialism and reinforcing the linkage between climate and ethos as the appropriateness of a setting for human affairs. This ethical premise of climate stretches the horizon of sustainability as pertaining not only to man’s solitary relationship with natural phenomena—a predominant trend in contemporary discourse of sustainability—but also to man’s relationship with man. Overcoming climatic determinism—regional determinism, too—and expanding the ethics of the inter-personal to the level where the whole and particulars are joined through the dialectics of the mutually-negating opposites, Jin Baek develops a new thesis engaging with the very urgent issues inherent in sustainable architecture.

Crucially, the book explores examples that join climate and the dynamics of the inter-personal, including: Japanese vernacular residential architecture; the white residential architecture of Richard Neutra; contemporary architectural works and urban artifacts by Tadao Ando and Aldo Rossi.

Beautifully illustrated, this book is an important contribution to the discourse which surrounds architecture, climate and ethics and encourages the reader to think more broadly about how to respond to the current challenges facing the profession.

#books #architecture | Where architects stay : lodgings for design enthusiasts

Where architects stay : lodgings for design enthusiasts / Sibylle Kramer.
Braun, [Berlin] : 2017.
207 p. : il.
ISBN 9783037682081
Decoración interior.
Hoteles -- Diseño y construcción.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-728.5 WHE
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854859~S1*spi

The combination of architecture and vacations is highly inspiring. It promises relaxation and pleasure, beauty and style, all in one. Each of the vacation domiciles presented here can fulfill even the most discerning demands of a traveling architect. All lodgings are unique architectural jewels with a wellbeing guarantee and a personal touch that are (design-) visions come true. From the archaic forest hut in the mountain, the luxuriously decorated loft in a major metropolis, or the romantic idyllic house by the lake – these part-time dream houses allow visitors to forget the hustle and bustle of everyday life and they are the perfect place for a short escape or a longer time out.

#books #architecture | Room for artifacts : the architecture of WOJR

Room for artifacts : the architecture of WOJR / by William O'Brien Jr. & WOJR Organization for Architecture.
Park Books, Zurich : 2016.
239 p. : il.
ISBN 9783038600275
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- Estados Unidos.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.038(73) ROO
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854856~S1*spi

WOJR: Organization for Architecture is an innovative group of designers based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who are committed to the idea of architecture as a form of cultural production, engaging the intersections of art, architecture, and urbanism. With this idea at its foundation, ‘Room for Artifacts’ contains a collection of sixteen architectural artifacts designed by WOJR—a mask, a church, a labyrinth, a dwelling, a bust, and a series of totems, among others.

The artifacts are presented three times throughout the book—in conceptual drawings, architectural drawings, and images. Certain characteristics recur, such as symmetry, frontality, figurality, proportionality, and the play between flatness and depth, underscoring WOJR’s preoccupation with the fundamental aspects of architectural form that are rich in historical precedent. ‘Room for Artifacts’ offers a new way to explore the role of architectural representation in a contemporary context, looking at how architects can invoke aspects of ideologies from architects of the past while establishing a progressive agenda for a forward-looking body of work.

#books #architecture | Frank LLoyd Wright and San Francisco

Frank LLoyd Wright and San Francisco / Paul V. Turner.
Yale University Press, New Haven [etc.] : 2016.
VI, 216 p. : il.
ISBN 9780300215021
Arquitectura -- Siglo XX -- Estados Unidos.
San Francisco (Calif.)
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72WRIGHT FRA
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854860~S1*spi

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) often spent time in San Francisco, which he called “the most charming city in America.” Paul V. Turner looks at the architect’s complex and evolving relationship with the city, surveying the full body of Wright’s work in the Bay Area—roughly thirty projects, a third of which were built. Spanning 1900 to 1959, they include houses, a gift shop, a civic center, a skyscraper, a church, an industrial building, a mortuary, and a bridge across the San Francisco Bay. The unbuilt structures are among Wright’s most innovative, and the diverse reasons for their failure counter long-held stereotypes about the architect.

Wright’s Bay Area projects are published together here for the first time, along with previously unpublished correspondence between Wright and his clients, as well as his Bay Area associate Aaron Green. Stories from San Francisco newspapers portray the media’s changing positions on Wright—from his early personal scandals to his later roles as eccentric provocateur and celebrated creative genius. Beautifully illustrated with the architect’s original drawings and plans, ‘Frank Lloyd Wright and San Francisco’ highlights aspects of the architect’s career that have never before been explored, inspiring a new understanding of Wright, his personal and client interactions, and his work.

#books #architecture | Mortal cities : forgotten monuments

Mortal cities : forgotten monuments / Arna Mackic.
Park Books, Zurich : 2016.
156 p. : il.
ISBN 9783038600091
Bienes culturales -- Protección -- Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Ciudades -- Renovación -- Bosnia-Herzegovina
Guerra y sociedad.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.025.4 MOR
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854549~S1*spi

As a child, architect Arna Mačkić experienced firsthand the Bosnian civil war, and with her family she fled her native country for the Netherlands. In 1999, she was able to visit bosnia and the city of Mostar again for the first time to witness the utter devastation—the war had left seventy percent of the buildings destroyed. This experience inspired Mačkić’s research to explore the emotional effects of war damage on a city’s inhabitants and the possibilities for rebuilding collective and inclusive identities through architecture.

‘Mortal Cities and Forgotten Monuments’ tells a moving story of architecture and history. The first two parts of the book provide historical background on the war in Bosnia and its relationship to the built environment of the region. The final section demonstrates Mačkić’s ideas for architectural interventions, applying a new design language that goes beyond political religious, or cultural interpretations—an openness that allows it avoid tensions and claims of truth without ignoring or denying the past. Using this as a foundation, she proposes designs for urban and public space that are simultaneously rooted in ancient traditions while looking toward the future.

#books #architecture | Serpentine Pavilion : Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Summer Houses : Kunlé Adeyemi (NLÉ), Yona Friedman, Asif Khan, Barkow Leibinger

Serpentine Pavilion : Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Summer Houses : Kunlé Adeyemi (NLÉ), Yona Friedman, Asif Khan, Barkow Leibinger / [editors, Amira Gad with Joseph Constable].
Serpentine Galleries ; Koenig Books, London : 2016.
181 p. : il.
Catálogo publicado para acompañar las exposiciones del pabellón de verano de la londinense Serpentine Gallery, 10 junio - 9 octubre de 2016.
ISBN 9781908617385 / 9783863359812
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- Inglaterra.
BIG Bjarke Ingels Group
Exposiciones -- Construcciones.
Serpentine Gallery (Londres). Pavilion.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-725.91 SER
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1850359~S1*spi

The Serpentine Architecture Programme expands for 2016, with four Summer Houses joining the Serpentine Pavilion. The Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), is an 'unzipped wall' that is transformed from straight line to three-dimensional space, creating a dramatic structure that by day houses a café and free family activities and by night becomes a space for the Serpentine's acclaimed Park Nights programme of performative works by artists, writers and musicians. Kunlé Adeyemi's Summer House is an inverse replica of Queen Caroline's Temple - a tribute to its robust form, space and material, recomposed into a new sculptural object. Barkow Leibinger were inspired by another, now extinct, 18th Century pavilion also designed by William Kent, which rotated and offered 360 degree views of the Park. Yona Friedman's Summer House takes the form of a modular structure that can be assembled and disassembled in different formations and builds upon the architect's pioneering project La Ville Spatiale (Spatial City) begun in the late 1950s. Asif Khan's design is inspired by the fact that Queen Caroline's Temple was positioned in a way that would allow it to catch the sunlight from The Serpentine lake.

#books #architecture | Against the Tide : Pavilion of Chile at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia

Against the Tide : Pavilion of Chile at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia / curators, Juan Román and José Luis Uribe.
Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit : 2016.
159 p. : il.
Catálogo de la exposición celebrada en Venecia, 28 mayo-27 de noviembre, 2016.
ISBN 9783775741897
Arquitectura -- Exposiciones.
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- Chile.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.091 AGA
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1850720~S1*spi

‘Against the Tide’, the pavilion of Chile at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, exhibits the work of a generation of young architects who have conceived, financed, designed, and constructed small-scale architecture in order to obtain their professional degree in the field. They have built in circumstances of minimal resources, with the residue of agricultural processes and with local materials easily available in a rural environment. This catalogue contains the fifteen projects chosen for the exhibition, with texts by different authors which examine these architects’ training and the customs of a territory both anodyne and extraordinary. ‘Against the Tide’ speaks to the contrary direction in which some things move. It puts the accent on the customs and landscape of a rural world of forestry and agriculture, helping to improve the everyday lives of people through architecture.

#books #architecture | Friedrich Kiesler : Life visions : architecture-art-design

Friedrich Kiesler : Lebenswelten : Architektur-Kunst-Design = Life visions : architecture-art-design / Herausgegeben von = Edited by Christoph Thun-Hohenstein ... [et al.] ; Texte von = Texts by Dieter Bogner ... [et al.].
Birkhäuser, Basel : 2016.
222 p. : il.
Texto en alemán e inglés.
ISBN 9783035611083
Arquitectura -- Siglo XX -- Austria.
Kiesler, Frederick, 1890-1965.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72KIESLER FRI
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1851164~S1*spi

‘Friedrich Kiesler – Life Visions’ introduces a visionary of the Viennese Moderne movement. The artist, designer, architect, stage designer, and exhibition designer Friedrich Kiesler (1890–1965) influenced European and American architecture and art scene with his avant-garde contributions; his oeuvre remains a source of inspiration to this day. The catalogue illustrates Kiesler’s entire oeuvre and discusses his theory of "correalism" concerning the relationship between works of art, humans, and space, as well as his innovative exhibition design. Contributions from contemporary artists such as Leonor Antunes, Céline Condorelli, Verena Dengler, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Apolonija Sustersic, and Rirkrit Tiravanija give an insight into Kiesler’s importance today.

#books #architecture | How much house? : Thoreau, Le Corbusier and the Sustainable Cabin

How much house? : Thoreau, Le Corbusier and the Sustainable Cabin / Urs Peter Flueckiger.
Birkhäuser, Basel : 2016.
112 p. : il.
ISBN 9783035610284
Arquitectura -- Aspecto del medio ambiente.
Casa Cabanon (Roquebrune-Cap-Martin)
Casas individuales.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72:504 HOW
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1851167~S1*spi

The space we live in, reduced to a minimum, has been fascinating us for generations – the writer Thoreau lived in a self-built hut in the forest from 1845 –1847. In 1952, Le Corbusier built a hut at the Côte d´Azur for himself and his wife. Inspired by this, Urs Peter Flückiger, together with his students, built an ecologically and economically sustainable cabin in the Texan prairie. All three projects share the idea of minimal space and its relationship with the surrounding nature. In text, drawings, and photographs, this book analyses the three projects and shows parallels and similarities. Inspired by Tolstoy’s story How Much Land Does A Man Need?, the author asks: "How much house does a man need?", thereby providing a pointed contribution to the current discussion on the requirement for housing.

#books #architecture | Aktivhaus : the reference work : from passivhaus to energy-plus house

Aktivhaus : the reference work : from passivhaus to energy-plus house / Manfred Hegger ... [et al.].
Birkhäuser, Basel : 2016.
239 p. : il.
ISBN 9783038216438
Arquitectura sostenible.
Arquitectura y economías de energía.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-620.9 AKT
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854314~S1*spi

The Active House is a logical development of existing building standards. It draws renewable energy from the sun and wind in order to cover energy needs as completely as possible. The basic ideas of the Active House are described in detail in this standard work and serve as a planning guide for all parties involved in the construction of Active Houses. From the principles of sustainable and energy efficient construction to planning tools and technical details, the reader learns what constitutes active houses, how they developed, and the components required for its construction. Active House architecture is illustrated by fourteen built works in the areas of residential, non-residential, new construction, and renovation.

#books #architecture | Pierre Chareau : modern architecture and design

Pierre Chareau : modern architecture and design / Esther da Costa Meyer ; with essays by, Bernard Bauchet ... [et al.].
Yale University Press, New Haven [etc.] : 2016.
288 p. : il.
Catálogo de la exposición del mismo título organizada por The Jewis Museum de Nueva York, del 4 de noviembre de 2016 al 26 de marzo de 2017.
ISBN 9780300165791
Chareau, Pierre, 1883-1950.
Decoración interior.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-747 PIE
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854855~S1*spi

A revealing look at the visionary French furniture designer and architect, highlighting his virtuoso designs and versatile creativity The designer and architect Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) was a pivotal figure in modernism. His extraordinary Art Deco furniture is avidly collected and his visionary glass house, the Maison de Verre, is celebrated, but the breadth of his design genius has been little explored. Chareau linked architecture, fine arts, and style; designed furniture for avant-garde films and chic homes; collected artists such as Picasso and Mondrian; and was a radical innovator in the use of materials. Essays by leading scholars embrace the full scope of his invention, offering detailed analyses of individual projects, the interdisciplinary nature of his work, his Jewish background, his place in the avant-garde of Paris between the wars, and his more recent reception. Extensive illustrations present a rich sampling of Chareau's furniture, architecture, interiors, fabrics, and wallpapers, as well as his own important art collection.

#libros #dibujo | Dibujo lo que veo : mente, mano, mirada

Dibujo lo que veo : mente, mano, mirada / Eduardo Zamarro Flores.
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) : 2016.
109 p. : il.
Colección: Cuadernos de Apuntes. Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura. Análisis de Formas ; 1.
ISBN 9788416552054
Dibujo -- Técnica.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-741.02 DIB
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1850716~S1*spi

Este manual está dedicado a todas aquellas personas que se aproximan, sin formación previa, al dibujo de espacios y formas. Está basado en la experiencia de la enseñanza a alumnos con un conocimiento básico o inexistente. En él se analizan los elementos que se deben conocer sobre percepción, perspectiva y geometría aplicadas al dibujo a mano alzada. Con estas herramientas es posible alcanzar un buen nivel independientemente del punto de partida.

"Dibujar, como muchas veces pienso, es como montar en bicicleta. Tenemos que coordinar ambas partes del cerebro, una vez aprendido parece que ocurre solo, pero es un cúmulo de experiencias y sensaciones aprendidas.

Aprender a dibujar es muy parecido, lo único que necesitas son ganas, muchas ganas. Porque al igual que en la bici, tienes que aprender a base de practicar y cometer errores, para aprender a dibujar hay que tener muchos dibujos “malos”, sin duda un podo de ayuda siempre viene bien, y este libro pretende eso mismo, ayudar desde mi experiencia personal a que esa cantidad de dibujos “malos” se reduzca en lo posible.

Describir paso a paso todo lo que ocurre cuando dibujamos y los trucos básicos que empleo en mis dibujos y que nos otra cosa que la recopilación del conocimiento que poco a poco he ido adquiriendo de grandes maestros en sus clases y en sus libros.

Con este trabajo he intentado hacer el camino a la inversa, e ir reconociendo todos los hábitos que hacemos instintivamente cuando nos ponemos a dibujar y ya tenemos una buena trayectoria.

Muchos dibujos han sido realizados en clases con mis alumnos, ya que considero que la mejor manera de enseñar es desde la práctica. Todo un placer el poder combinar una pasión con la docencia. Espero que este libro muestre de alguna manera esta simbiosis que desde luego puedo afirmar que a mí sí me alimenta y por los resultados parece que con los alumnos funciona.

El libro no se puede considerar un libro de dibujo al uso, sí que contiene cantidad de ilustraciones y trucos de geometría, perspectiva y color. Pero sobre todo recoge abundante texto donde he intentado anotar lo mucho o poco que he podido recoger durante mis años de docencia universitaria." – Eduardo Zamarro