Temporary Tecture: Structures of Necessity
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Author: KOSMOS Architects
This title is a fundamental statement on the impact and significance of temporary infrastructures in the city: not only do they ensure the functioning of numerous processes – from construction and dismantling to orientation and protection – but they also shape the cityscape significantly as an overarching structure. Despite their omnipresence, these structures of necessity continue to lead a shadowy existence in both professional discourse and public perception.This book opens up a new perspective on what is described here for the first time as contemporary vernacular architecture. It shows that it even offers an architectural language from which architects can learn in terms of adaptability, use of local resources, circular economy and conceptual radicalism.
ISBN 9783035628654. Birkhauser Verlag. pb. 350 pages. 160 colour ills. 11.5 x 18.5 cm.
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This title is a fundamental statement on the impact and significance of temporary infrastructures in the city: not only do they ensure the functioning of numerous processes – from construction and dismantling to orientation and protection – but they also shape the cityscape significantly as an overarching structure. Despite their omnipresence, these structures of necessity continue to lead a shadowy existence in both professional discourse and public perception.This book opens up a new perspective on what is described here for the first time as contemporary vernacular architecture. It shows that it even offers an architectural language from which architects can learn in terms of adaptability, use of local resources, circular economy and conceptual radicalism.
ISBN 9783035628654. Birkhauser Verlag. pb. 350 pages. 160 colour ills. 11.5 x 18.5 cm.
available