#libri #architettura | Green Energy Laboratory

Green Energy Laboratory / a cura di = edited by Laura Andreini ; testi di = texts by Valerio Paolo Mosco, Zhenning Fang.
Firenze : Forma , 2021.
Ed. bilingüe italiano – inglés.
133 p. : il.
/ EN / IT / Libros / Arquitectura – Aspecto del medio ambiente / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI – China / Edificios públicos – China / Shanghai (China)

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9788855210737
Cita APA-7: Andreini, Laura (ed.) (2021). Green Energy Laboratory. Forma.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:504 GRE
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1303216434

[.it] L’accordo di collaborazione tra la Shanghai Jiao Tong University e il Ministero Italiano dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare ha portato alla costruzione del GEL, acronimo di “Green Energy Laboratory”, realizzato dallo studio di architettura Archea Associati di Firenze. Nato come centro di ricerca e laboratorio di analisi e divulgazione di tecnologie a bassa emissione di carbonio nel settore edilizio e residenziale, si presenta come un corpo elementare con solo due aggettivazioni a cui è affidata l’immagine generale: l’ultimo livello, il terzo, arretrato rispetto all’ingombro della cassa edilizia con un forte tetto inclinato per ospitare i pannelli fotovoltaici, e il rivestimento dell’involucro realizzato con un paramento avvolgente di elementi di terracotta il cui disegno interpreta alcuni pittogrammi tipici della lingua cinese. Il resto del complesso sembra essere asservito a questi due elementi in una complementarietà rigorosa. Risulta evidente quanto il progetto miri a essere un simbolo di cooperazione interculturale tra Italia e Cina, accomunate da una millenaria tradizione di accorgimenti per il risparmio energetico e per il comfort ambientale, specialmente per quel che riguarda l’edilizia residenziale. Il libro, corredato da saggi critici, disegni tecnici, foto di cantiere e del progetto ultimato, illustra questo risultato di perfetta sincronia tra tradizione, ingegno architettonico e sostenibilità.

[.en] The Green Energy Laboratory (GEL) is a research center for low environmental impact building technologies on the the Minhang Campus of Jiao Tong University in Shanghai. Created in collaboration between the university and the Italian Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea Protection, it was designed and built by the Florentine architectural firm Archea Associati in 2012. This book features critical essays, technical drawings, photos of the construction site and the completed project, and illustrates the harmony of this structure through its perfect blend of tradition, architectural ingenuity, and sustainability. The GEL building is based around a central courtyard with a retractable roof. The top, or third floor, is recessed in relation to the main block, with a steeply sloped roof to house solar panels. The outer shell of the building’s double skin is composed of terracotta elements designed to form pictograms common in the Chinese language. This landmark project represents a symbol of intercultural cooperation between Italy and China.

#books #architecture | Architecture at work : towns and landscapes of industrial heritage

Architecture at work : towns and landscapes of industrial heritage / Andrea Gritti, Giovanni Luigi Fontana.
Florence : Forma, 2020.
383 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Ciudades – Renovación / Construcciones industriales

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9788855210256
Cita APA-7: Gritti, Andrea, & Fontana, Giovanni Luigi (2020). Architecture at work : towns and landscapes of industrial heritage. Forma.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-711.4 ARC
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/1199060397

[.en] Industrial archeologists study towns and landscapes created over the past several centuries that were planned to integrate home and work. This ground-breaking book features architectural case studies of company towns in 48 locations - workers' villages, mill towns, mining towns, cite ouvrieres, bruk stader, colonias industriales, villaggi operai - many of which are UNESCO World Heritage sites. Extensive illustrations and images document the ways in which architectural experiments responded to the entrepreneurial initiatives that were the basis of these communities. The authors, two esteemed professors whose work focuses on the conservation of industrial heritage, examine the role of architectural and urban culture in creating the identity of these unique towns, and the consequences of their abandonment.

#books #architecture | Building green futures : Mario Cucinella Architects

Building green futures : Mario Cucinella Architects / edited by Anna Mainoli ; with a conversation with Stefano Mancuso.
Florencia : Forma, 2020.
254 p.: il.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Aspecto del medio ambiente / Arquitectura sostenible / Desarrollo sostenible / Mario Cucinella Architects

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9788855210263
Cita APA-7: MancMainoli, Anna (ed.) (2020). Building green futures : mario cucinella architects. Forma.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:504 BUI
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/1250473692

[.en] This book brings together a collection of recent projects and classic architectural designs by Mario Cucinella Architects, and explores the sensitive, creative, and sustainable solutions that architecture and nature can provide in answer to global challenges. The way forward is approached via constructive strategies of the past and from the plant world, looking at how man has adapted in every latitude, climate, and culture. Buildings of the past considered resources like wind, sun, rain, and local materials, sustainable strategies that are increasingly important today. Research in the plant world inspires buildings that can adapt to the climate and resonate with the environment. Each project featured here is accompanied by a wealth of illustrations and drawings, and an in-depth analysis that interprets all aspects of construction.

#books #architecture | Gio Ponti : inedito = rediscovered : Notre Dame de Sion, Roma

Gio Ponti : inedito = rediscovered : Notre Dame de Sion, Roma / a cura di = edited by Cinzia Abbate e = and Carlo Vigevano.
Firenze : Forma, 2019.
105 p. : il.
Ed. bilingüe italiano – inglés.
/ IT / EN / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Italia / Gio Ponti

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9788855210317
Cita APA-7: Abbate, Cinzia, & Vigevano, Carlo (2019). Gio Ponti : inedito = rediscovered : Notre Dame de Sion, Roma. Forma.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72PONTI GIO
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1200041676

[.en] Between 1960 and 1965 Gio Ponti worked on the headquarters of the religious congregation Notre Dame de Sion, located on the Janiculum Hill in Rome. His contribution to the project has been unidentified until recently. In 2014, the building was converted to house the Catholic University of America and the Australian Catholic University. This occasion gave architects of AeV Architetti the opportunity to carry out historical and archival research on the original project, the results of which are presented here. The book is enriched with the addition of detailed original drawings of the furnishings that still exist 50 years after the building was designed.

Monograph dedicated to an unknown project by Gio Ponti: the mother house of the religious congregation of Notre Dame de Sion, built in Rome between 1960 and 1965. The reasons and circumstances as to why the building has remained anonymous till now is unknown. The complete collection of project pencil drawings on tracing paper, preserved at the CSAC archives in Parma, have never been opened and are published here for the first time. In 2014, the building needed to be converted to house two important foreign Catholic universities (the Catholic University of America and the Australian Catholic University). There was a need for student residential and teaching buildings, which gave the architects Cinzia Abbate and Carlo Vigevano (AeV Architetti Associati) who edited this publication, the opportunity to carry out historiographic and philological research on the original project to establish the restoration project plans for the modern structure. The building was revealed thanks to the contribution of several experts of Ponti’s work: Maristella Casciato, Margherita Guccione, Salvatore Licitra, Elena Tinacci, Marina Kavalirek. The book is enriched with the addition of very detailed original drawings of the furnishings that still exist 50 years after the project was designed.

#books #architecture | Gio Ponti : loving architecture

Gio Ponti : loving architecture / edited by Maristella Casciato and Fulvio Irace.
Florence : Forma, 2019.
299 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Catálogos / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Italia / Gio Ponti

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9788855210195
Cita APA-7: Casciato, Maristella, & Irace, Fulvio (eds.). (2019). Gio Ponti : loving architecture. Forma.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72PONTI GIO
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1158611226

[.en] Documents a major retrospective on the versatile genius of Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti forty years after his death, with essays by a roster of notable architectural historians Ponti's work embodied an Italian-style art of living, and he was a major force in the renewal of Italian design after the Second World War The exhibition will take place at the Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI) in Rome from 7 November 2019 - 26 April 2020 Gio Ponti - architect, designer, art director, writer, poet, professor, and critic - was one of the most renowned protagonists of Italian architecture and design in the 20th century. Forty years after his death, the Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI) in Rome is dedicating a major retrospective to this exceptional figure. Beginning with his architecture, which can be characterized as a unique and original synthesis of tradition and modernity, history and design, elite culture and everyday life, the show explores his many-faceted talent, selecting projects that concretely illustrate the key concepts found throughout his architecture and design work. Included here are archival materials, models, photographs, books, magazines and objects which illustrate the many achievements of his six decade career.

#books #architecture | The world winery collection : innovative design, sustainability and the landscape

The world winery collection : innovative design, sustainability and the landscape / edited by Luca Molinari and Anja Visini.
Florence : Forma Edizioni, 2020.
351 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI / Arquitectura interior / Establecimientos vinícolas

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9788855210249
Cita APA-7: Molinari, Luca, & Visini, Anja (2020). The world winery collection : innovative design, sustainability and the landscape. Forma Edizioni.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-663.28 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1160185830

[.en] This survey of contemporary winery architecture around the world profiles 30 wineries, and explores how the new generation of growers are incorporating a thoughtful approach to architectural design into their wider public-facing identity and mission. Following his earlier book, which explored winery architecture in Italy, the author has selected wineries in Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Oceania to illustrate how quality and sustainability have become priorities in the construction process. Responding to the increasing interest in travelling to see first-hand where wine is produced, he examines how wineries are creating well-designed and engaging spaces that are in tune with the surrounding landscape, highlighting the connection between the building, its surroundings, and the agricultural community.