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Creative building in existing fabric
Liliane Wong
Adaptive Reuse Extending the Lives of Buildings PAGES ILLS. FORMAT PRINT SC
264 300 color 24.0 × 17.0 cm EUR 39.95 / USD 44.95 / GBP 29.99 978-3-03821-537-0 EN EBOOK EUR 39.95 / USD 44.95 / GBP 29.99 PDF 978-3-03821-313-0 EN EPUB 978-3-03821-981-1 EN PRINT + EBOOK EUR 59.95 / USD 68.00 / GBP 44.99 978-3-03821-315-4 EN
Fundamental introduction to an important field of architectural design For those who teach and those who learn Versatile and vivid presentation
Liliane Wong head of interior architecture department, Rhode Island School of Design, USA
English
Available October 2016
Building in existing fabric requires more than practical solutions and stylistic skills. The adaptive reuse of buildings, where changes in the structure go along with new programs and functions, poses the fundamental question of how the past should be included in the design for the future. On the background of long years of teaching and publishing, and using vivid imagery from Frankenstein to Rem Koolhaas and beyond, the author provides a comprehensive introduction to architectural design for adaptive reuse projects. History and theory, building typology, questions of materials and construction, aspects of preservation, urban as well as interior design are dealt with in ways that allow to approach adaptive reuse as a design practice field of its own right.
Minimal transformation strategies
Walter Nägeli, Niloufar Kirn Tajeri (Eds.)
Small Interventions New ways of living in post-war modernism PAGES ILLS. FORMAT PRINT HC
160 130 color, 150 b/w 28.0 × 22.0 cm EUR 49.95 / USD 59.95 / GBP 37.99 978-3-0356-0843-4 EN EBOOK EUR 49.95 / USD 59.95 / GBP 37.99 PDF 978-3-0356-0718-5 EN EPUB 978-3-0356-0713-0 EN PRINT + EBOOK EUR 79.95 / USD 96.00 / GBP 59.99 978-3-0356-0719-2 EN
English
Available August 2016
The publication investigates the opportunities for upgrading the spatial structure of apartments created during the post-war building boom between 1960 and 1970. The authors analyze typical existing layouts in the context of social developments which, in recent decades, have led to significant changes in the form of living and in the structure of households. To what extent do the functionally optimized housing units meet the requirements of today’s society, and how adaptable are they to new forms of living? Is it possible to achieve a workable result with small interventions? In the theoretical part the authors discuss theories on design strategies and political transformation processes, the importance of which is demonstrated in the project part using practical contemporary examples. Walter Nägeli professor of building planning, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Niloufar Kirn Tajeri architect, KIT
Possibilities for upgrading apartment layouts dating from the 1960s and 1970 Minimal intervention as an approach to architectural design Research project at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
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