Main entry:

Aravena Mori, Alejandro, author.

Title & Author:

Elemental / Alejandro Aravena, Gonzalo Arteaga, Juan Cerda, Víctor Oddó, Diego Torres.

Publication:

London ; |a New York : |b Phaidon Press Limited, 2018.

Description:

255 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 33 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Projects : Alejandro Aravena Architects, 1997-2003 : House for a sculptress, Santiago, Chile -- Medical School, Universidad Católica, Santiago -- Competition for the Bicentennial Tower, Santiago -- IT Centre, Universidad Católica, Santiago
Projects : Alejandro Aravena Architects + Elemental, 2003-10 : Architecture School, Universidad Católica, Santiago -- St. Edward's University dormitories, Austin, Texas -- Espinazo de Diablo Lookout Point, Jalisco, Mexico -- Vitra Children's Workshop, Weil am Rhein, Germany -- Winery on the Rhine, Nierstein, Germany -- Horizontal walkway and Bicentennial Children's Park, Santiago -- PRES: Post-tsunami sustainable reconstruction plan, Constitución, Chile -- Chairless design for Vitra, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Projects : Elemental, 2010-18 : Novartis Campus office building, Shanghai, China -- Anacleto Angelini UC Innovation Centre, Universidad Católica, Santiago -- Cork sheathing and clogs, Lisbon, Portugal -- Tehran Stock Exchange Building, Tehran, Iran -- Yekaterinburg TV tower, Yekaterinburg, Russia -- Competition for the National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia - Ocho Quebrados House, Los Vilos, Chile -- Tree nursery, dining hall, and office building, Nuevo Horcones, Chile -- Ayelén School, Rancagua, Chile -- Competition for the Art Mill Museum and Cultural Centre, Doha, Qatar -- Venice Biennale of Architecture, Venice, Italy -- Artemide: WE (Workshop Elemental), Milan, Italy -- First Stone, Resistance, Lisbon, Portugal -- San Agustín Square, Salamanca, Chile -- Boragó, Santiago -- Energias de Portugal headquarters, Lisbon, Portugal.
Foreword : Not more than this, but also not less than this -- Timeline -- Formative phase -- Size matters -- Alejandro Aravena Architects, 1997-2003 -- Alejandro Aravena Architects + Elemental, 2003-10 -- Elemental, 2010-18.
Introduction -- Elemental timeline -- What's the point? -- Principles of elemental -- Framework -- Elemental's first case -- Elemental's worldwide architectural competition -- The 7 winning projects -- New projects -- Socialization lessons -- Structural lessons -- Architectural lessons.

Summary:

Elemental, based in Santiago, Chile, epitomizes a new generation of pioneering, socially engaged architects. The firm specializes in innovative, powerful, and humane public-interest projects, working on both large and small scales across Chile, the United States, Mexico, Switzerland, and China. Featuring stunning images by renowned architectural photographers together with sketches and drawings from Aravena's personal notebooks, this book beautifully, often irreverently, displays Elemental's unique working methods and philosophy. Each project - from iconic structures like the Anacleto Angelini UC Innovation Centre to seaside residences and pioneering reconstruction plans - is accompanied by Aravena's engaging texts, bringing to life his understanding of civil society and the built environment.

ISBN:

0714878030 (hardback)
9780714878034 (hardback)

Subject:

Elemental (Firm : Santiago, Chile)
Elemental Firma
Architecture, Domestic Chile.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture Chile 21st century.
Public housing Chile.
Low-income housing Chile.
Housing subsidies Chile.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture Chili 21e siècle.
Logement social Chili.
Pauvres Logement Chili.
Aide de l'État au logement Chili.
Public housing
Low-income housing
Housing subsidies
Architecture, Modern
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture
Architektur
Chile

Added entries:

Cruz, Gonzalo (Architect), 1975- author.
Costabal, Juan, author.
Oddó, Víctor, author.
Torres Torriti, Diego, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 303246
Call No.: BIB 249359
Status: Available