Main entry:

Weiss, Marion, 1957- author.

Title & Author:

Drifting symmetries : projects, provocations, and other enduring models : Weiss/Manfredi / Marion Weiss, Michael A. Manfredi ; Eric Bellin, editor.

Publication:

Zürich : Park Books, [2024]
©2024

Description:

495 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-495).
Essay: expanded practice / Thomas Mayne -- Premise. Constructing grounds: the Olympic Sculpture Park and other evolving sites -- Projects. Brooklyn Botanic Garden -- La Brea Tar Pits Museum and Park -- Kent State CAED -- Longwood Gardens -- McCann Residence -- Hunter's Point South Waterfront Park -- Premise. Lines of movement: of promenades, registrations, and flows -- Hybrids and enduring models. Khaju Bridge -- Ljubljanica Riverwalk -- Sydney Opera House -- Rockefeller Center -- Hillside Terrace -- Leça Pools -- Reflections. Contributions by Yoon, Whiting, Tiantian, Tehrani, Sarkis, Sample, Mehrotra, Lewis, Leers, Leatherbarrow, Neri & Hu, Hood, Pezo von Ellrichshausen, Eigen, Davis II, Corner, Bilbao, & Bergdoll -- Hybrids and enduring models. Agrasen Ki Baoli -- George Washington Bridge Bus Station -- Spanish Steps -- Brooklyn Heights Promenade -- Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts -- Park Güell -- Premise. Cultivating connections: infrastructures of engagement -- Projects. Tata Innovation Center at Cornell Tech -- Artis-Naples Baker Museum -- Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine -- U.S. Embassy in New Delhi -- Marshall Family Performing Arts Center -- Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking -- Premise. Surface Presence: from earth to sky

Summary:

"In an era when the dual challenges of climate change and social isolation loom large, Drifting Symmetries emerges as a pivotal exploration of architecture's role in shaping a sustainable and connected future. Weiss/Manfredi's groundbreaking work transcends the boundaries between landscape, infrastructure, and architecture by reinventing sites in response to environmental and social challenges. Presented in this comprehensive volume of projects and parallel research, their work demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach that invents new settings for public life by exploring the gradient between nature and architecture. Featuring Weiss/Manfredi's most acclaimed built works alongside historical precedents and insights from Thom Mayne, Barry Bergdoll, Walter Hood, Nader Tehrani, Tatiana Bilbao, James Corner, Meejin Yoon, Rahul Mehrotra, Hashim Sarkis, Sarah Whiting, and many others, Drifting Symmetries is more than a showcase of projects; it is a manual for expanding the terrain of architecture to construct more resilient settings for contemporary life"--From page [4] of cover.

ISBN:

9783038603788
3038603783

Subject:

Weiss/Manfredi Architects.
Sustainable architecture.
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Architecture and society.
Architecture durable.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Architecture et société.
ARCHITECTURE / General.

Form/genre:

Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Manfredi, Michael A., 1953- author.
Bellin, Eric, editor.
Weiss/Manfredi Architects.

Projects, provocations, and other enduring models : Weiss/Manfredi

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320716
Call No.: 320716
Copy: 1
Status: Available