Title & Author:

Konrad Wachsmann and the Grapevine Structure / Marianne Burkhalter, Christian Sumi (eds.) ; texts by Marianne Burkhalter and Christian Sumi, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler and Hannes Mayer, Andreas Burkhalter, Marko Pogacnik.

Publication:

Zürich : Park Books, [2018]
©2018

Description:

151 pages : illustrations (some color), portrait ; 33 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the International Architectural Exhibition, Venice, Italy, 2018.
Includes bibliographical references (page 150).
Foreword / Marianne Burkhalter, Christian Sumi -- Knots and joints / Christian Sumi -- Packaged House, general panel system -- Three-dimensional joint -- Mobilar Structure -- USAF, US Air Force Hangar -- Mock-ups, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Konrad-Wachsmann-Archiv / photos Heinz Unger -- Grapevine Structure / Marianne Burkhalter, Christian Sumi -- Architecture of thinking / Andreas Burkhalter -- LOM: Location Orientation Manipulator 1969 / Hannes Mayer, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler -- Salzburg 1956-1960. Konrad Wachsmann and the Teamwork Concept in Salzburg. A conversation with Friedrich Kurrent and Hermann Czech / Mario Pogacnik.

Summary:

German modernist architect Konrad Wachsmann (1901-1980) had a career-spanning interest in construction processes, in particular the prefabrication of building components and their assembly within modular systems. In this respect, Wachsmann was a pioneer whose ideas and work paved the way for today's industrialized construction. Marianne Burkhalter and Christian Sumi synthesize years of careful research into a compelling look at this highly creative architect. At the core of the book is Wachsmann's dynamic Grapevine Structure, a universal construction element developed with students during his tenure at the Chicago Institute of Design--part of what is today the Illinois Institute of Technology. The book also investigates Wachsmann's Packaged House System, his relocatable hangars for the US Air Force, and, in particular, the Local Orientation Manipulator (LOM), developed with John Bollinger and Xavier Mendoza at the University of California, Los Angeles. Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler, and Hannes Mayer (Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich) revisit the LOM from a contemporary perspective where robotic fabrication processes have become increasingly common. The book also features an essay by Andreas Burkhalter on Wachsmann's legendary knotted joints in the context of possible similar structures in the human brain, and a conversation by Marko Pogacnik with architects Hermann Czech and Friedrich Kurrent on Wachsmann's lectures at the Salzburg Summer Academy. Exhibition: Giardini, 16th Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy (26.05. - 25.11.2018).

ISBN:

9783038601104
3038601101

Subject:

Wachsmann, Konrad, 1901-1980 Exhibitions.
Wachsmann, Konrad, 1901-1980.
Modular construction Exhibitions.
Construction modulaire Expositions.
Modular construction.

Form/genre:

Exhibition Publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Exhibition publications.

Added entries:

Burkhalter, Marianne, author, editor.
Sumi, Christian, author, editor.
Gramazio, Fabio, 1970- author.
Kohler, Matthias, 1968- author.
Mayer, Hannes (Architect), author.
Burkhalter, Andreas, author.
Pogacnik, Marco, 1958- author.
Wachsmann, Konrad, 1901-1980. Works. Selections. 2018.
Burkhalter, Marianne editor, author
Sumi, Christian editor, author
International Architectural Exhibition (16th : 2018 : Venice, Italy),
International Architectural Exhibition (16th : 2018 : Venice, Italy)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 302452
Call No.: BIB 248666
Status: Available