#books #architecture #townplanning | Unbuilding walls : From Death Strip to Freespace

Unbuilding walls : vom Todesstreifen zum freien Raum = From Death Strip to Freespace / Marianne Birthler ... [et al.] (Hrsg/eds).
Basel : Birkhäuser, 2018.
285 p: il. 
Ed. bilingüe alemán - inglés
This book in published in conjunction with the exhibition "Unbuilding walls : from death strip to freespace", german pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition 2018, la Biennale di Venezia.
ISBN 9783035616132
/ DE / EN / Libros / Catálogos / Arquitectura – Exposiciones / Berlín (Alemania) / Biennale di Venezia / Ciudades – Renovación / Urbanismo – Alemania
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-711.4(430) UNB
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083544822

[.en] In 2018, Germany will have been unified for 28 years, which is exactly as long as the inner German border existed (1961-1989). In the German Pavilion at the 2018 Architecture Biennale in Venice, GRAFT Architects Lars Kruckeberg, Wolfram Putz and Thomas Willemeit, together with German politician Marianne Birthler investigate the effects of the separation and the process of healing as dynamic, spatial phenomena. The accompanying publication focuses on outstanding urban design and architectural examples of the former inner German border that engage with the issues of separation and fusion. One focus is on the former Berlin Wall. Numerous essays by architects, urban designers, and political scientists examine the urban manifestations of this development, which can also be seen elsewhere.

#books #architecture #construction | Details for passive houses: new buildings : a catalogue of ecologically rated constructions

Passivhaus-Bauteilkatalog: Neubau : Ökologisch bewertete Konstruktionen = Details for passive houses: new buildings : a catalogue of ecologically rated constructions / IBO Österreichisches Institut für Baubiologie und-ökologie (Hg.) = IBO - Austrian Institute for Building and Ecology GmbH (Ed.) ; [project coordination and editing: Tobias Waltjen].
Basel : Birkhäuser, 2018 / 4. aufl.
X, 337 p. : il.
Ed. bilingue alemán - inglés.
ISBN 9783035616866
/ DE / EN / Arquitectura sostenible / Arquitectura y economías de energía / Construcciones – Economías de energía
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-620.9 PAS
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083307578

[.en] Ecological refurbishment to Passivhaus standard requires know-how and experience. For this reason, the book has been produced as a design tool which systematically covers existing solutions. Examples relating to building physics, construction and ecology issues are presented in the same successful manner as in the ‘Passivhaus Building Component Catalog’ also published by IBO/IBN (Institute for Building Biology and Ecology) using standard cross-sections and connection details in four-color scale drawings, as well as numerous tables.They have been organized by type and period of building and can easily be used to derive individual solutions. The book is a must-have reference manual for designers and building owners who want to refurbish properties to a sustainable standard.

#books #architecture | Alvar Aalto architect. V. 18, Muuratsalo experimental house 1952-54 ; Studio Aalto 1954-1963

Alvar Aalto architect. V. 18, Muuratsalo experimental house 1952-54 ; Studio Aalto 1954-1963 / [editor, Mia Hipeli].
Helsinki : Alvar Aalto Foundation [etc.], 2018.
184 p. : il.
ISBN 9789525498530
/ EN / Libros / Alvar Aalto / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Finlandia / Helsinki (Finlandia)
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72AALTO ALV/XVIII
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1084243714

[.en] The latest volume in the book series Alvar Aalto Architect, presents two buildings from the 1950s, Muuratsalo Experimental House and Studio Aalto, which are linked to both the architect’s work and leisure. Studio Aalto (1954-55, 1962-63) in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, served as the architect’s office, and was the main stage for his productive international career. Aalto also enjoyed spending time in the Muuratsalo Experimental House (1952-54) built on the island of Päijänne as a counterbalance to his work. 

Muuratsalo Experimental House – Alvar Aalto’s arena for artistic play and experiment
Alvar Aalto and his architect wife Elissa jointly designed a small-scale, intimate summer residence – an experimental house – on the beautiful island of Muuratsalo in Central Finland. The place and its natural beauty gave Aalto a chance to make architectural experiments, as well as painting in oils, far away from the bustle of everyday life. The architect Juhani Pallasmaa’s article “The Experimental House, sauna and boat: The Art of play” presents the design and execution of the building and grounds. 

Elissa and Alvar Aalto dreamed of reshaping the rugged, rocky surroundings of the summer residence into a lush, flourishing garden. In her text “Garden aspirations in the Experimental House” Mia Hipeli, MA, writes about the landscape plan drawn up by garden architect Paul Olsson, its implementation, and the garden’s current state overrun by nature. 

Studio Aalto – a key location for the architect’s creative work
Studio Aalto was completed in Munkkiniemi in Helsinki in 1954, close to Aalto’s own home (1935–36), which had previously housed both the family’s residential areas and the architect’s office. In his article “Studio Aalto: Drawing on the White Table”, Professor Emeritus Marc Treib, M. Arch., sheds light on the history of the architect’s office, as well as the design, construction and working methods of Aalto’s office. 

The architect Harry Charrington, PhD, worked in Aalto’s architect’s office as a newly graduated architect under Elissa Aalto’s leadership after the maestro’s death. In “Studio Aalto: an evolving practice Charrington” he paints a picture of the atmosphere and work of the office before its closure in 1994. Meanwhile, in “Alvar Aalto’s Studio, restoration 2002–2004” the architect Eric Adlercreutz recounts the meticulous, conservative total renovation of the building, illustrated by the updated drawings. 

The ‘Selected drawings’ section contains sketches drawn during the designing years, while ‘Contemporary photographs’ presents the Muuratsalo Experimental House and Studio Aalto through the eyes of today’s photographers.

#books #architecture | Architectural diagrams. 2

Architectural diagrams. 2 / [Editor] Mi Young Pyo.
Berlin : DOM, 2019.
307 p. : il.
Serie: Construction and Design Manual.
ISBN 9783869226736
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Dibujos y planos / Dibujo arquitectónico / Diseño arquitectónico
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72.011 ARC
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083114904

[.en] In the last few decades, the "diagram" has evolved into a constitutive, generative medium for the architectural design process and is now an everyday term used in the context of design. The diagram represents an imaginative process that enables architects to transform typologies, figures, and models using analogue and digital design procedures. This process is creative and erratic – it is highly intuitive and variable and follows its own logic. As such, the diagram, with its lines, points, and strokes, operates at the intersection of geometry, art, and theory. The second edition of this book from the series Construction and Design Manuals presents a selection of projects by prominent architects and designers in the form of diagrams, drawn from the fields of architecture, interior design, and installation. This volume includes work by UNStudio, NL Architects, JDS Architects, J. Mayer H. Architects, LAVA, and Périphériques architectes and also features an essay by the philosopher Lidia Gasperoni.

Architects use diagrams every day – as sketches they are convenient tools for quickly demonstrating a point, as worked through representations they present complex ideas simply and attractively for clients, and as graphics they cross language barriers. Their theoretical background is, however, not quite so well known. Alongside offering inspiring examples of these multifaceted visualisations, this volume explores some of the associated history and theory. How is the diagram a place where architecture and philosophy meet? In what ways can we critically examine their analogue and digital forms? Is the history of the diagram over? Citing the ideas of, among others, Peter Eisenman and Gilles Deleuze the philosopher Lidia Gasperoni investigates diagrammatic practices in architectural design in her absorbing introductory essay.

#books #architecture #construction | Prefabricated housing

Prefabricated housing.
Berlin : DOM, 2018
Serie: Construction and Design Manual.
ISBN 9783869224275
/ EN / Libros / Construcciones prefabricadas / Viviendas – Construcción
V.1: Technologies and methods / Jutta Albus. 310 p. : il.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-69.057 CON/I
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083111745
V. 2: Buildings and typologies / Philipp Meuser ; with contributions from Jutta Albus, Anatoly Belov, and Sergey Kuznetsov. 431 p. : il.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-69.057 CON/II
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083111918

[.en] Prefabricated housing has long since ceased to mean the disfigurement of the urban landscape with monotonous grey boxes. Particularly in Central Europe and Russia, modern assembly methods and 100 years of experience in planning prefabricated buildings and constructing with large panels are experiencing a renaissance. Whereas predominantly in Moscow - the largest European metropolis with seventeen million - prefabricated housing is an essential instrument for the provision of residential assistance, prefabrication methods in Germany and Switzerland, for example, are used to build exclusive properties. This construction manual examines the potential of prefabricated housing on structural, historical and architectural grounds. In addition to an insight into the methods of production and assembly, roughly twenty selected examples are presented in large-format photographs, plans rich in detail and meaningful diagrams, providing a contribution to the discussion on affordable housing.

[.es] La vivienda prefabricada, a menudo asociada con paisajes urbanos deteriorados y cajas grises monótonas, se ha convertido en un enfoque de la vivienda con una gran cantidad de posibilidades estéticas y estructurales. Los métodos modernos de construcción y montaje de edificios prefabricados con grandes paneles, métodos que se remontan al siglo XIX, están experimentando un renacimiento. Esto es cierto en todo el mundo, desde Vancouver y Nueva York hasta Londres y Berlín hasta Astana y Singapur. Además, la prefabricación ahora también sirve para una amplia gama de propósitos. En Moscú, el área metropolitana más grande de Europa con 16 millones de personas, se utiliza principalmente como un medio para proporcionar viviendas asequibles. Pero en ciertos países desarrollados, la prefabricación también se usa sorprendentemente para construir propiedades exclusivas y de alto nivel.

#books #architecture | Living with nature : architecture, topography, landscape

Bewohnte Natur : [Architektur, Topographie, Landschaft] = Living with nature : [Architecture, topography, landscape] / Herausgeberin = editor, Sandra Hofmeister ; [Autoren = authors, Sandra Hofmeister, Jakob Schoof, Sandra Leitte].
München : Detail, 2018.
151 p. : il.
Ed. bilingüe alemán – inglés.
ISBN 9783955534004
/ DE / EN / Libros / Arquitectura doméstica / Arquitectura sostenible / Casas de campo
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-728.6 BEW
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083640221

[.en] “I want you to live with the waterfall, not just to look at it.” This sentence surely has a special place among famous quotations from architects. Not because it comes from Frank Lloyd Wright, though that is certainly a reason as well. First and foremost, it is extraordinary because it was expressed in built form in the Fallingwater house from 1939. The longing to live in and with nature is nothing new. Publisher Sandra Hofmeister and author Jakob Schoof have cleverly compiled many other historical, architecturally unique, social and psychological models which document how – and just how long – topography and architecture have been interrelated. In this era, when for the first time more people live in cities than in the country, this interrelationship fascinates us more than ever; that is the hypothesis behind the book.

Twenty buildings serve as proof in the meticulously, appealingly designed, cloth-bound German-English publication. Over the past years, these buildings have been created all over the world: there are private country homes as well as mountain shelters; some structures are intended for permanent use, others as holiday accommodations. Six pages are devoted to each of the projects; precise texts describe the buildings, which are depicted with consistent plans drawn on a scale ranging from 1:100 to 1:400, accompanied by many colour pictures. There is no information regarding the exact year that each building was erected, nor are there any site plans. However, these are not needed: the unusual locations are recognizable in the photos, and the quality is timeless. The feelings of longing that this book arouses in astounded readers will be supplemented by a spark of envy towards those who have realized their dreams of living in nature with the help of architecture that at times melds with the topography, and at times sets a counterpoint to the landscape. But there is hope: some of the houses are open to guests...

#libros #arquitectura | Macías Peredo

Macías Peredo / [textos Billie Tsien ... (et al.)].
Ciudad de México : Arquine, 2017.
267 p. : il.
ISBN 9786078528646
/ ES / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI – México / Macías Peredo / Magui Peredo / Salvador Macías
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72MACIAS MAC
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1084658162

[.es] El estudio de Salvador Macías y Magui Peredo, con sede en Guadalajara, siempre ha mantenido su interés en la arquitectura ligada a los procesos artesanales y manuales, por lo que en cada proyecto buscan trasladar sus intenciones a las habilidades del experto artesano-constructor, logrando así la autenticidad en cada una de sus obras. Esta es una recopilación de algunas de las obras a lo largo de su trayectoria, mostrando a través de ellas la concepción y el proceso que dieron como resultado una arquitectura atemporal y universal que se adapta a su contexto y crea condiciones favorables a su entorno.

#books #towplanning | [Re] Tokyo

[Re] Tokyo / Jin Taira ; [introduction by Kengo Kuma].
[Novato, California] : Oro Editions, 2018.
395 p. : il.
ISBN 9781940743660
/ EN / Libros / Ciudades – Renovación – Japón / Tokio (Japón) / Urbanismo – Japón
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-711.4(520) RET
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083994217

[.en] ‘[re]TOKYO’ explores a wide, understanding vision
of the transformative processes of one of the most influential and unknown metropolitan areas in the world, from large scale efforts such as Tokyo’s land engineering transformations, to smaller examples
such as its capital vending machine system. Four hundred pages, compiling 400 years of history, are covered in this uniquely Japanese complexity of social conurbation, including more than 1400 illustrations, diagrams, photographs, and maps in order to visually support selected themes. ‘[re]TOKYO’ develops the idea of [re]definition processes to explain what, who, when, where, and why all these changes took place, concluding with a collection of the essential processes that comprehensively elaborate Tokyo’s changes—a tool to understand its history and speculate about its future as an exciting metropolis and cultural center of the world.

#books #architecture | Re: Futures : Studio Hani Rashid

Re: Futures : Studio Hani Rashid / Hani Rashid, Sophie Luger (eds.).
Basel : Birkhäuser, 2017.
296 p : il.
Serie: Edition Angewandte.
ISBN 9783035614664
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Estudio y enseñanza - Austria / Arquitectura – Dibujos y planos / Futurismo (Arte) / Viena
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72.011 REF
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083632283

[.en] Hani Rashid, co-founder of Asymptote, the visionary New York architectural practice, has been heading up Studio Hani Rashid in Vienna since 2011. The curriculum focuses on the development of conceptual and practical skills for creating future-oriented architecture - on experimental investigation of atmospheric, phenomenal, and visual effects, which provides intelligent solutions for contemporary forms of dwelling and being but which should also satisfy "feasibility criteria". "Re: Futures" uses texts, digital visualizations and descriptive architectural sketches to document the work created over recent years, and thereby reveals a spectrum of contemporary design methods and future-oriented architectural themes.

#libros #arte | John Berger, sobre los artistas

John Berger, sobre los artistas / John Berger ; edición a cargo de Tom Overton ; traducción de Pilar Vázquez.
Barcelona : Gustavo Gili, 2017-2018.
2 v. / ES / Libros / Artistas / Criticismo en el arte
Vol. 1: 2017. 327 p. : il. ISBN 9788425230325
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-7.07 JOH/I
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1055601965
Ed. electrónica:
Acceso personal UPV/EHU | eLibro
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1085785116

[.es] La primera recopilación sistemática y exhaustiva de todo lo que John Berger ha escrito sobre los artistas. Una personalísima historia del arte. “Siempre he detestado que digan que soy crítico de arte.” Así presenta John Berger esta antología completa de todos sus ensayos sobre artistas. Y ciertamente sería poco fiel a la realidad reducir a la categoría de crítico de arte a uno de los intelectuales europeos que no solo ha sabido diseccionar la obra plástica de tantos artistas, sino que ha aportado nuevos enfoques sobre la propia naturaleza del lenguaje visual y su papel en la cultura contemporánea.

Este es el primero de dos volúmenes donde por primera vez se recogen de forma exhaustiva todos los textos que John Berger dedicó a los artistas que le enseñaron y le inspiraron a través de sus vidas y sus obras. Compilados por Tom Overton a partir de los archivos que Berger donó aun en vida a la British Library, los textos de este primer volumen abarcan desde las pinturas prehistóricas de la cueva de Chauvet hasta el advenimiento de la modernidad con Paul Cezánne, mientras que los del segundo volumen incluyen ensayos que abarcan desde Claude Monet hasta Randa Mdah, una artista palestina nacida en 1983. De todos ellos se desprende la inconmensurable capacidad observadora y narrativa de Berger que durante décadas ha iluminado con nuevos sentidos y valores a distintas generaciones de lectores. Una obra rigurosa e imprescindible para conocer el legado de Berger.

Vol. 2: 2018. 326 p. : il. ISBN 9788425230332
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-7.07 JOH/II
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083999699

[.es] En esta antología completa de sus ensayos sobre artistas, John Berger nos revela su forma de ahondar en una obra de arte. Sus textos no solo nos sumergen en la singularidad de cada creación artística, sino que van mucho más allá y nos conducen con maestría entre lo personal, lo cultural y lo político. No en vano Berger es considerado uno de los intelectuales europeos más importantes de nuestro tiempo y uno de los críticos que ha sacudido los cimientos de nuestra concepción del arte y el lenguaje visual reformulando su papel en la cultura contemporánea. 

En este segundo y último volumen dedicado a los artistas, el crítico británico nos introduce en el advenimiento de la modernidad con la obra de Claude Monet hasta llegar a Randa Mdah, una artista palestina nacida en 1983. Al igual que en el primer volumen, que arrancaba con las pinturas prehistóricas de la cueva de Chauvet hasta llegar a Paul Cezánne, los ensayos han sido compilados por Tom Overton a partir de los archivos que Berger donó aun en vida a la British Library. Del conjunto de textos se desprende nuevamente la mirada incisiva y siempre sorprendente de Berger, una mirada que se materializa en una prosa igualmente directa e iluminadora. En definitiva, una edición imprescindible para conocer el gran legado teórico y vivencial de John Berger.

#books #architecture | Landmark buildings : a review of three decades of architecture

Gebäude, die Zeichen setzen : ein Blick auf drei Jahrzehnte Architektur = Landmark buildings : a review of three decades of architecture / Christian Schittich.
München : Detail, 2017.
188 p. : il.
Serie: Edition Detail.
ISBN 9783955533847
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XX / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72.038 GEB
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083639944

[.en] Which design principles and construction methods have established themselves in architecture in the last 25 years? What social trends have influenced architecture? Which technical innovations had an impact and what has become of their approaches? Which architects stepped into the limelight at this time and how have they developed? Christian Schittich has explored these and many other questions. He tells the individual history of outstanding buildings in chronological order, with an eye to the overall context of architectural development of recent years. Looking at selected photographs and drawings documenting the construction process and/or the current state of the building: wherein lies the significance of a building’s design, how has it contributed to society, what technical innovations did it involve and what effect did they have? Or did the construction method prove itself at all? An exciting discourse about three decades of architectural history.

#books #architecture | Spaces of uncertainty : Berlin revisited

Spaces of uncertainty : Berlin revisited / [edited by Kenny Cupers and Markus Miessen].
Basel : Birkhäuser, 2018.
160 p. : il.
ISBN 9783035614398
/ EN / Libros / Berlín / Ciudades – Renovación / Urbanismo – Alemania
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-711.4(430) SPA
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083632196

[.en] How has Berlin’s urban landscape changed in its remarkable transformation from divided city to creative capital? Despite the monumental heritage and grand development projects, Berlin still conjures up images of urban fragmentation and vacant inner-city land. The book reveals the changing nature and complex politics of this open space. A rephotographing of sites between 2001 and 2016 shows how no man’s land has made way for new apartments and underground hangouts have changed into commercial hubs, but it also transports us to remaining pockets of urban wilderness and unexpected freedom right next to the city’s most iconic squares. The accompanying essays by noted urban thinkers explore this little-known but vital reserve—forcing us to reflect on our unrelenting efforts to chart the future of the city at large.

#books #architecture | Echos

Echos / [edited by Mara Marcu].
New York, NY : Actar, 2018.
406 p. : il. + 1 poster.
Serie: Echos Journal ; 1.
Recoge los trabajos de los estudiantes de la School of Architecture and Interior Design (SAID) in the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning de la Universidad de Cincinnati.
ISBN 9781948765046
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Estudio y enseñanza – Estados Unidos / Arquitectura interior / Diseño arquitectónico
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:378 ECH
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1084244246

[.en] ‘Echos’ is a platform for simultaneous conversations with shared ethos at UC SAID. Various constellations begin to surface and map our diverse milieu of academic and social interactions that revolve around the following five main themes: anxiety, praxis, trope, chreod, and utopia. Introduced by a series of analytical diagrams which are paired up with essays by lead figures in the discipline, the themes expand on the issues of theoretical anxiety, architectural discourse, practice, typology, self-made analogies, ad hoc morphologies inherent to research, flux and reflux - that return each disruption to a steady trajectory - similar to the natural cycle of compression and release generated by our co-op program, and the fictitious, the ideal. Anxiety collects and synthesizes among multiple contradicting theories entertaining with equanimity various solutions to design problems. Praxis looks at outcomes - may those be physical, prototypical, digital or analog, multi-dimensional and multi-media, spoken, written or unwritten - as well as working methodologies that shape design thinking. Trope begins to map out trends, emergent ideologies, and previously non-denominational design expressions. Chreod documents and interprets field conditions, rule based processes, issues of transgressions, non-smooth and nomadic entities which cut across arbolic like divisions. Utopia, while suspending various otherwise necessary constraints, allows for a euphoric and optimistic view of the world, with the goal of envisioning daring possibilities otherwise unimaginable. Utopia, therefore, foreshadows all other themes.

#books #architecture | On the path to building : a conversation about architecure with Florian Aicher

On the path to building : a conversation about architecure with Florian Aicher / Gion A Caminada.
Basel : Birkhäuser, 2018.
159 p. : il.
ISBN 9783035615425
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Suiza / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI – Suiza / Gian A. Caminada
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72.038(494) ONT
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1084271226

[.en] Gion Caminada is well-known far beyond Switzerland's borders: as an architect, whose work is developed out of - and gives new life to - its context. The award-winning renewal of his native community of Vrin, the renaissance of the village of Valendas with its inn and village hall, the buildings in and around Disentis Abbey that contributed to the abbey's revival, and many more. He passes on his experience in his role as a professor of architecture and design at the ETH. His contribution to architecture is being presented at the 2018 Venice Biennale. In this illustrated interview Gion Caminada tells of his path to building, of old villages, of working together with engaged citizens, and of the ideas that drive him forward in life. 

Caminada is known far beyond the boundaries of Switzerland – as an architect who has initiated the design and construction of the award-winning renewal of his home community Vrin in Grisons, and as Professor of Architecture and Design at ETH Zurich. At Valendas, which once was a thriving village but recently suffered from rural exodus, he revitalized – commissioned by a community trust – a country inn, the community hall, and the village square, and has thereby helped to avert the impending death of the village. In this illustrated interview he tells the story of new life in old villages, and how his concepts function in cooperation with committed citizens. Easy to read, the book introduces the subject of village renewal, and can be used as a blueprint for other projects.

#books #architecture | The ordinary : recordings : Rem Koolhaas, Denise Scott Brown, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto

The ordinary : recordings : Rem Koolhaas, Denise Scott Brown, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto / [entrevistas realizadas por] Enrique Walker.
New York : Columbia Books on Architecture and the City, 2018.
98 p.
Rem Koolhaas : in conversation with Enrique Walker. Denise Scott Brown : in conversation with Enrique Walker. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto : in conversation with Enrique Walker. Enrique Walker : retroactive manifestoes.
ISBN 9781941332061
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectos / Arquitectura – Filosofía / Rem Koolhaas / Denise Scott Brown / Yoshiharu Tsukamoto
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72.01 ORD
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083264504

[.en] Since the beginning of the century, the field of architecture has fervently turned its attention to documenting the contemporary urban condition. Every city been has been examined as a repository of architectural concepts, scrutinized as an urban manifesto, and recorded as a series of found objects. The Ordinary articulates a potential genealogy for this practice and for the genre of books derived from it. Organized around conversations with the authors of three seminal texts that document the city-Denise Scott Brown's Learning from Las Vegas (1972), Rem Koolhaas's Delirious New York (1978), and Yoshiharu Tsukamoto's Made in Tokyo (2001)-this volume traces the history of these "books on cities" by examining the material they recorded, the findings they established, the arguments they advanced, and the projects they promoted. These conversations also question the assumptions underlying this practice and whether in its ubiquity it still remains a space of opportunity.

#books #architecture | Elsa Prochazka architectureality : space & design strategies

Elsa Prochazka architectureality : raum & designstragegien = space & design strategies / [editado por] Elsa Prochazka.
Basel: Birkhäuser, 2018.
426 p : il. 
Ed. bilingüe alemán - inglés.
ISBN 9783035616439
/ DE / EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Austria / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI – Austria / Arquitectura y mujeres / Decoración interior / Elsa Prochazka
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72PROCHAZKA ELS
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083307345

[.en] In 4 decades, Elsa Prochazka completed a range of projects of varying sizes: from furniture design through Architecture to urban design projects. If there was a Vienna school of superior contemporary interior design, Elsa Prochazka would be a prototypical representative: Her "interiors seem to invite tactile participation, demanding the involvement of the body as an agent of the mind" (Otto Kapfinger). This quote could stand equally for her buildings. Prochazka developed and disseminates her conceptional approach within the framework of her professorships and her international lecturing activities. The book closes the gap in the documentation of significant female Viennese architects.

#books #catalogs #architecture | Freeing architecture

Freeing architecture / Junya Ishigami.
Paris [etc.] : Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain [etc.], 2018 / 3rd ed.
317 p. : principlamente il.
Obra publicada con motivo de la exposición "Junya Ishigami, freeing architecture", Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris del 30 de marzo al 10 de junio de 2018.
ISBN 9782869251335
/ EN / Libros / Catálogos / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI – Japón / Junya Ishigami
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72ISHIGAMI FRE
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083659960

[.en] Lightness, transparency, simplicity, and communion with nature are Japanese architect Junya Ishigami’s watchwords. In his architectural masterworks, which he compares to landscapes, he eliminates the boundaries between exterior and interior space. For the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Junya Ishigami designed an exhibition that reveals, on an unprecedented scale, his latest research into freedom, fluidity, and the future of architecture. On the occasion of this exhibition, presented in 2018, the Fondation Cartier published a book retracing the genesis of the project, including mixed photographs, drawings, models, and all the poetry inherent to Ishigami’s work.

#books #architecture | 9 x 9 : a method of design : from city to house continued

9 x 9 : a method of design : from city to house continued / Managing editors, Florian Aicher, Dietmar Eberle.
Basel : Birkhäuser, 2018.
541 p. : il.
ISBN 9783035606324
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Filosofía / Diseño arquitectónico
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72.011 NIN
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083641123

[.en] An ideal design is site-specific, which is the only way architecture can create or connect with a specific sense of identity. This requires addressing the structural and local circumstances. This method handbook offers a playful way in which to systematically ascertain a complex framework and use it for your own design. The "9 x 9 method" takes all relevant factors and their alternate interaction into consideration: location, structure, shell, program, and materiality, all which, in a matrix with various intersections, produce exactly 9 "fields of action" for the design. The individual "fields" are not only illustrated visually with meaningful and eidetic pictures, but are also discussed in texts by leading specialists. For this book, the "9 x 9 method" was completely re-worked and redesigned.

#books #architecture | Now we see now : architecture and research by The living

Now we see now : architecture and research by The living / David Benjamin with John Locke... [et al.] ; foreword by Paula Antonelli ; essays by Kevin Slavin ... [et al.].
New York : The Monacelli Press, 2018.
595 p. : il.
ISBN 9781580935074
/ EN / Libros / Diseño arquitectónico / Diseño asistido por ordenador
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:681.3 NOW
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083516402

[.en] ‘Now We See Now’ chronicles the projects and findings of a firm that is charting bold new directions in generative design and other intersections of science and architecture. In the context of massive and accelerating change--in technology, science, climate, and society--the nature of architectural design is also evolving and coming to life in new ways. New York-based office The Living has developed a unique design approach that explores projects through the application of new technologies, materials, and the growing field of generative design (design that uses software to emulate nature's evolutionary processes). These methods are futuristic, even utopian, but also raw and immediate in their application of hands-on prototyping and testing through making. The Living addresses urgent issues through reframing design with today's tools.

David Benjamin, founding principal of The Living, explains his methodologies through numerous projects and abundant research that are making real inroads to what is increasingly known as generative design. Benjamin executes numerous projects that demonstrate these surprising techniques, including the Princeton Embodied Computation Lab, a new building for research on next-generation design and construction technologies; Hy-Fi, a branching tower for MoMA PS1 made of a new type of biodegradable brick; and using principles of adaptive networks to prototype new structural dividers for Airbus that are nearly 50% lighter than traditional ones. ‘Now We See Now’ documents this emerging body of work and points to new directions for an evolving discipline, surveying projects at a variety of scales for a variety for clients. For an era where rapid change is the norm, The Living demonstrates how future design practices can embrace uncertainty and generate surprising solutions to tomorrow's challenges.

#books #catalogs #architecture | Import Zurich : cooperative housing, new ways of inhabiting

Import Zurich : cooperative housing, new ways of inhabiting : [Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya, 22 y 23 octubre de 2015] / [editors, Nicola Regusci, Xavier Bustos ; contributions, André Bideau ... et al.].
Barcelona : DPR-Barcelona, 2015.
109 p. : principalmente il.
ISBN 9788494241475
/ EN / Libros / Catálogos / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Suiza / Inmuebles para vivienda / Zurich
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-728.2 IMP
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/931024782

[.en] Cities Connection Project seeks to establish connections at the level of Architectural themes between the city ofBarcelona and other European cities or regions with a significant architectural tradition.A series of architecture exhibitions are the focus of this project that also offers other events such as conferences, academic discussion and professional meetings. Every exchange is articulated around a fresh theme, which is related to the specific characteristics of the invited city or region.The Import Zurich title focuses mainly on Zurich's cooperative housing projects. For about fifteen years now a renaissance of urban living is bringing about a renewal of activity among the housing cooperatives. They have adopted ecological standards, they have developed socially compatible forms of denser building, and theirlarge-scale projects have a significant impact on the qualitative development of the city's neighbourhoods. This is coupled with a new generation of architects who, thanks in part to architecture competitions, have had the opportunity to develop, test out and affirm their own field of research within a very strict and deterministic legal framework.

#books #architecture | Alps

Alps / edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa ; introduction by Masataka Yoshizaka ; articles by Makoto Suzuki ; drawings by Wayne Nobushi T. Fujii ; designed by Gan Hosoya.
Tokyo : A.D.A. Edita, 2018.
143 p. : il.
Serie: Villages and towns ; 6.
ISBN 9784871404594
/ JA / Libros / Alpes / Arquitectura popular – Suiza / Fotografía de arquitectura / Urbanismo - Suiza
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-728.6 ALP
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083264709

[.en] The focus of the sixth instalment in the 'Villages and Towns series is the highly diverse, mountainous region of Europe known generally as the Alps. Stretching across multiple nations, including the entirety of Switzerland, the area has a long history of settlement and has witnessed various approaches to living and building. The Alpine region is thus a mosaic, dotted with different settlements at various formative stages, and the contrast and blend between French and German cultures creates a place where two worlds coexist in a discontinuous manner. Through contemporary and historical photographs, this issue explores traditional wood and stone architecture typologies of the Alps.

#books #townplanning | Urbanizing the Alps : densification strategies for mountain villages

Urbanizing the Alps : densification strategies for mountain villages / Fiona Pia.
Basel : Birkhauser, 2019.
192 p. : il. + 1 mapa.
ISBN 9783035617191
/ EN / Libros / Alpes / Ordenación del territorio / Urbanismo - Suiza
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-711.3 URB
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1087497790

[.en] For plenty years, many popular mountain resorts have seen largely uncontrolled development consisting of the multiplication of archetypal chalet-style houses. This is usually accompanied by roadbuilding for private cars. In order to protect these tourist destinations and their natural environs from further uncontrolled development, the author investigates different settlement structures such as Andermatt, Avoriaz, Verbier, Zermatt, and Whistler-Blackcomb. On the basis of detailed graphical analyses, she develops groundbreaking strategies for urban densification and suitable mobility management, which can also be transferred to other tourist áreas.

#books #architecture | Sublime visions : architecture in the Alps

Sublime visions : architecture in the Alps / Susanne Stacher.
Basel : Birkhäuser, 2018.
223 p. : il.
ISBN 9783035614992
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Alpes / Arquitectura y sociedad / Turismo – Aspecto social
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:316 SUB
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083545319

[.en] In the eighteenth century the Alps became the subject of a new view of nature, which crystallized in the sublime. Oscillating between fear and fascination, this sensual experience triggered a thrilling borderline experience: travelers ventured to the mountain world full of longing and projected a variety of different dreams onto the "wild nature" that had yet to be explored. To what extent has the sublime influenced architecture in the Alps, from the early days of tourism to the present? Prompted by this question, the author analyzes Alpine architecture in its historical context and offers a critical assessment of contemporary tourism. This is a book that inspires us to reflect on the future of building in the Alps and on our relationship with nature.