Small-Scale Public Transportable and Pre-Fabricated Buildings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Small-Scale Public Transportable and Pre-Fabricated Buildings write by Junjie Xi. This book was released on 2018-04-09. Small-Scale Public Transportable and Pre-Fabricated Buildings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book investigates the design, operation and use of contemporary transportable buildings, and explores how functional performance can be assessed in small-scale examples for public use alongside their relationship to other design elements. The research focuses on three case studies, Chengdu Hualin Elementary School, Exxopolis and Kreod, that do not require a high-technology building environment or complex construction skills. Transportable buildings are defined as those that are transported in a number of parts for assembly on site. Contemporary transportable buildings respond to ecological issues, social impacts, technological innovation and economic demands. They can be used to measure a society’s development in environmental sustainability, innovation and economic growth through various forms. Small-scale transportable buildings fulfil many temporary habitation needs in diverse roles, such as non-emergency transitional housing, ephemeral exhibition buildings and seasonal entertainment facilities. Small-Scale Public Transportable and Pre-Fabricated Buildings will be a useful research text for academics and students in architecture, design and sustainable building performance.
A History of Russian Exposition and Festival Architecture
A History of Russian Exposition and Festival Architecture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Russian Exposition and Festival Architecture write by Alla Aronova. This book was released on 2018-10-03. A History of Russian Exposition and Festival Architecture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This collection of thirteen vignettes addresses several important episodes in the history of Russian temporary architecture and public art, from the royal festivals during the times of Peter the Great up to the recent venues including the Sochi Winter Olympics. The forms and the circumstances of their design were drastically different; however, the projects discussed in the book share a common feature: they have been instrumental in the construction of Russia’s national identity, with its perception of the West - simultaneously, a foe and a paragon - looming high over this process. The book offers a history of multidirectional relationships between diplomacy, propaganda, and architecture.
Architectures of Transversality
Architectures of Transversality - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Architectures of Transversality write by Shima Mohajeri. This book was released on 2018-07-11. Architectures of Transversality available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Architectures of Transversality investigates the relationship between modernity, space, power, and culture in Iran. Focusing on Paul Klee’s Persian-inspired miniature series and Louis Kahn’s unbuilt blueprint for a democratic public space in Tehran, it traces the architectonics of the present as a way of moving beyond universalist and nationalist accounts of modernism. Transversality is a form of spatial production and practice that addresses the three important questions of the self, objects, and power. Using Deleuzian and Heideggerian theory, the book introduces the practices of Klee and Kahn as transversal spatial responses to the dialectical tension between existential and political territories and, in doing so, situates the history of the silent, unrepresented and the unbuilt – constructed from the works of Klee and Kahn – as a possible solution to the crisis of modernity and identity-based politics in Iran.
Tradition as Mediation: Louis I. Kahn
Tradition as Mediation: Louis I. Kahn - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tradition as Mediation: Louis I. Kahn write by Dana Margalith. This book was released on 2018-07-11. Tradition as Mediation: Louis I. Kahn available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores Louis I. Kahn's approach to tradition as revealed in two of his important, unbuilt, projects. Focusing on Kahn's designs for the Dominican Motherhouse of St. Catherine de Ricci, Media, Pennsylvania (1965-1969), and the Hurva Synagogue, Jerusalem, Israel (1967-1974), the book challenges prevailing aesthetic and methodological assessments of Kahn's use of tradition. It reveals how an authentic and critical theoretical-historical and humanistic study of tradition nourished Kahn's designs, enabling him to mediate historical rituals, ideas and beliefs – and to develop innovative designs rooted deep in human culture while addressing real modern concerns. The book evaluates Kahn's works as a creative recreation and re-interpretation of the past, shedding light on the potential value of the meaningful consideration of tradition in modern times.
Rome and the Legacy of Louis I. Kahn
Rome and the Legacy of Louis I. Kahn - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rome and the Legacy of Louis I. Kahn write by Elisabetta Barizza. This book was released on 2018-08-15. Rome and the Legacy of Louis I. Kahn available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Louis I. Kahn was one of the most influential architects, thinkers and teachers of his time. This book examines the important relationship between his work and the city of Rome, whose ancient ruins inspired in him a new design methodology. Structured into two main parts, the first includes personal essays and contributions from the architect’s children, writers and other designers on the experience and impact of his work. The second part takes a detailed look at Kahn’s residency in Rome, its effects on his thinking, and how his influence spread throughout Italy. It analyses themes directly linked to his architecture, through interviews with teachers and designers such as Franco Purini, Paolo Portoghesi, Giorgio Ciucci, Lucio Valerio Barbera and the architects of the Rome Group of Architects and City Planners (GRAU). Rome and the Legacy of Louis I. Kahn expands the current discourse on this celebrated twentieth-century architect, ideal for students and researchers interested in Kahn’s work, architectural history, theory and criticism.
