(P/B) TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE NOW!

Παρουσίαση

(...) Modern methods allow materials such as plastics to be used in astonishing new ways, and even wood, the most ancient of building materials, can now be milled by computer-driven tools into unique forms not meant to last until the end of time. Purpose is essential-a fair stand, a stage design, or an exhibition pavilion usually have a predetermined and brief life span. Numerous architects have noticed that metal shipping containers, symbols of the global economy, are often abandoned even though they can easily be converted into shops or dwellings. Curiously, in this instance, objects that are meant to move can be anchored in the soil, where they may prove more solid and durable than more traditional architectural forms. Construction sites or archeological digs are the pretext or reason for a good deal of temporary architecture, but so too is art. An art show frequently requires a spatial design-architecture by any other name. Contemporary art that also courts the ephemeral may bring its own built environment close to the original Greek definition of the word. (...) (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

INTRODUCTION
WERNER AISSLINGER
ATELIER BOW-WOW
AYBAR MATEOS
CECIL BALMOND
SHIGERU BAN
BERNARDES + JACOBSEN ARQUITETURA
BIG
BUCHNER BRUNDLER ARCHITEKTEN
ALBERTO CAMPO BAEZA
CARMODY GROARKE
SANTIAGO CIRUGEDA
COOP HlMMELB(L)AU
DILLER SCOFIDIO + RENFRO
ECOSISTEMA URBANO
OLAFUR ELIASSON
AMMAR ELOUEINI
ESSENTIA
ESTABLISHED & SONS
FANTASTIC NORWAY
MARK FISHER
MASSIMILIANO AND DORIANA FUKSAS
LAURENT GRASSO & PASCAL GRASSO
ZAHA HADID
HEATHERWICK STUDIO
ICD/ITKE
TOYO ITO
JIAKUN ARCHITECTS
ADAM KALKIN
IRA KOERS, ROELOF MULDER
ADOLF KRISCHANITZ
LOT-EK
MART
KEN SUNGJIN MIN
MIRALLES TAGLIABUE EMBT
MOS
ERIC OWEN MOSS
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)
IVAN NAVARRO
JEAN NOUVEL
OBRA ARCHITECTS
OFFICE OF MOBILE DESIGN
OMA
JOHN PAWSON
PHILIPPE RAHM
RAUMLABORBERLIN
FRANCESC RIFE
ROJKIND ARQUITECTOS
ROTOR
TOMAS SARACENO
SOLID OBJECTIVES-IDENBURG LIU
STUDIO TAMASSOCIATI
JAVIER TERRADOS CEPEDA
UNSTUDIO
HELENA WILLEMEIT
TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA
INDEX
CREDITS