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Single-family houses are becoming increasingly outdated. They offer no response to demographic change or to the fact that there are fewer and fewer life-long relationships. They are often too inflexible for new family models or ways of cohabitation.This publication presents projects in recent years in Japan, which respond to the need for new forms of housing. The architects are developing solutions that allow residents to live together but still maintain enough distance and privacy. The presented apartment types and their layout allow for a variety of life models. Particularly interesting here is the use of spaces that provide a gradual transition from public to private space-an approach to building that, according to experts, could revolutionize western residential architecture.The publication portrays these new forms of building and living based on prominent Japanese examples that include Shigeru Ban, Sou Foujimoto, and Akihisa Hirata.

Urban design is based on planning and design principles that need to meet functional demands on the one hand, but on the other hand bring the design elements together into a distinctive whole. This book examines the important design and presentation principles of urban design, using selected historical examples and more.

In the first decades of the 20th century, civil engineers were widely seen as a role model for future architects. Their role within the contemporary architecture movements, however, was hardly discussed. To this day, even fundamental questions about collaborations, rivalries, or conflicts between the two sister disciplines still await answers. This volume brings together contributions by international scholars on the cooperation between architects and civil engineers in various countries in the interwar period. By offering both insights into national peculiarities and new reflections on the general nature, character, and significance of such joint efforts, it opens exciting new perspectives on the modern building culture of Europe and beyond.

Architectural work in dialogue with different disciplines Founded by Paolo Brescia and Tommaso Principi as a design network between Milan, London and Mumbai, OBR explores new modes of contemporary living, developing an architecture that responds sensitively to and stimulates interaction with its environment, while adapting to the changing needs of society. OBR's work strives to promote a sense of community enhancing individual identities. In this book, the architects present their work as a communal endeavor. They engage influential people in transdisciplinary dialogues that extend beyond architecture itself, questioning its autonomy and offering new perspectives on its potential and relevance. The monograph showcases a selection of twenty-four international projects by OBR that address key social issues through the medium of architecture. The first monograph on OBR's work Selection of 24 international projects presented in texts, plans and photographs Transdisciplinary dialogues with Roni Horn, Michel Desvigne, Giovanna Borasi, and Georges Amar

Jede Konstruktion unterliegt speziellen Eigenarten, die in ihrer Bauweise nicht mit anderen Baustoffen zu vergleichen ist. Die ersten baukonstruktiven Entwürfe im Architekturstudium werden als Mauerwerks- oder Holzbauten geplant. Anhand dieser beiden traditionellen und elementaren Baustoffe erlernt der Studierende die baukonstruktiven bzw. statischen Prinzipien, die auch die Grundlage für die Konstruktion mit den "modernen" Baustoffen Stahl, Beton und Glas bilden. Klar gegliedert und konzentriert, erläutert Basics Baukonstruktion die Eigenschaften dieser wichtigsten Konstruktionsmaterialien. So vermittelt der Band das nötige Wissen über die gebräuchlichsten Konstruktionssysteme, deren Regeln und Anwendungen und versetzt den Architekturstudenten in die Lage, selbst über kreative Lösungen auch außerhalb der standardisierten Angebote der Bauindustrie nachzudenken.Dieses Kompendium vereint die erfolgreichen Einzelbände Holzbau, Mauerwerksbau und Glasbau der Reihe BASICS in einem Buch, das um die zwei neuen, bislang nicht erschienenen Bände Stahlbau und Betonbau ergänzt ist.

Architekturstudenten sind zu Beginn des Studiums mit einer Fülle von visuellen Darstellungsmöglichkeiten ihrer Entwürfe konfrontiert. Der Ausdruck von Ideen in Zeichnung und Modell wird zu Studienbeginn meist vorausgesetzt: "Learning-by-doing" ist der einzige Weg der Studierenden, um sich schnell ein Repertoire für ihre Entwurfsarbeit zu erarbeiten.Doch beim Schritt von der räumlichen Vorstellung zur zwei- oder dreidimensionalen Zeichnung oder gar dem haptischen Modell müssen wichtige Fragen beantwortet werden: Wie baue ich eine perspektivische Freihandzeichnung auf? Welche Planzeichnungen sind für die Darstellung des Entwurfs notwendig? In welchem Maßstab und mit welchen Materialien baue ich mein Modell? Basics Architekturdarstellung vereint die überaus erfolgreichen Einzelbände Technisches Zeichnen, Detailzeichnen, Freihandzeichnen, CAD, Modellbau und Architekturfotografie der Studentenreihe BASICS in einem Band. Schritt für Schritt vermittelt es so die Darstellung von Architekturprojekten in allen Projektphasen: von der Freihandzeichnung, die besonders in der Entwurfsphase wichtig ist, über die Planzeichnung und den Modellbau bis hin zur Architekturfotografie werden die Grundlagen der Architekturdarstellung didaktisch und praxisnah vermittelt. Der werdende Architekt erlernt so das notwendige Handwerkszeug zur Präsentation seiner Arbeiten, unterstützt durch viele anschauliche Beispiele und praktische Tipps, die das Gelernte unmittelbar anwendbar machen.

Masonry construction is usually the first building exercise the student encounters in his or her training. This volume elaborates the fundamental principles of scale, construction, and assembly of building components using simple masonry structures as examples. Themes: Materials and measurements Building physics and load-bearing structures Typical bonds Building components Execution of masonry structures

Wohnungsbauten sind in aller Regel die ersten Entwurfsprojekte im Studium. Im Vordergrund stehen dabei die konzeptionellen Moglichkeiten, den ersten Schritt zu einer Idee zu finden. Themen: Konzepte und Arten des Zusammenlebens und Wohnens Wohnfunktionen Schaffen von Wohnraum Entwerfen im Wohnungsbau

Masonry construction is usually the first building exercise the student encounters in his or her training. This volume elaborates the fundamental principles of scale, construction, and assembly of building components using simple masonry structures as examples. Themes: Materials and measurements Building physics and load-bearing structures Typical bonds Building components Execution of masonry structures

Together with masonry construction, timber construction is usually one of the first building exercises encountered by the student in his or her training. This volume begins by presenting the building material timber in all of its facets and explaining the fundamental principles of timber construction. It then goes on to describe the most important building components and their constructive possibilities, specifically as they pertain to building with timber. Subjects: Timber as building material, Timber preservation, Systems for building with timber, Building components from foundation to roof.

Architects today must position themselves within an extremely wide-ranging field of qualifications. This makes it all the more important to have a fresh introduction to the field that makes up one of their core competences, the field of design. This introductory presentation describes and analyzes the theories, strategies, and tools of creative design for the purposes of practical work. With thoughtfulness and expertise, it opens the reader's eyes to the processes that underlie design and demonstrates different ways of communicating about complex design work. The first section focuses on the much-discussed relationship between design and research, between architecture and the sciences. The second section describes basic design approaches, from Vitruvius and Alberti through Erwin Panofsky and Wolfgang Kemp to Otl Aicher and Vilem Flusser. The third and largest section presents the elementary tools of design, from gestures and words through drawings, models, and simulations to critique, all as instruments of creative design in architecture and its related fields.