Main entry:

Tschumi, Bernard, 1944-

Title & Author:

Event-cities 4 : concept-form / Bernard Tschumi.

Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2010.

Description:

639 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
"Event-Cities, published in 1994 on the occasion of Bernard Tschumi's exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, is an expanded version of Praxis Villes-Événements (Le Fresnoy and Massimo Riposati, Editeurs, Paris). Event-Cities 2 includes work done from 1994 to 1999, and also features the 1982 Parc de la Villette. Event-Cities 3 includes work from 1999 to 2004. Event-Cities 4 gathers together projects developed by Bernard Tschumi from 2004 to 2009, as well as the 2002 Alésia MuseoParc"--P. facing t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 625-638).
Introductions: Concept-form -- TypoLounger, 2008: ArchiFurniture -- A. Elliptical/cylindrical: Dominican Republic, IFCA master plan, 2005-: Elliptic City ; Alésiam MuseoParc, 2002-: Doubles ; Athens, Bank, 2006: Plato's Academy ; Rolle, Carnal Dome, 2009-: "Point d'orgue" ; La Roche-sur-Yon, Pedestrial Bridge, 2007-09: Architecture/Structure -- B. Banding/Striation: Dubai, Opera Island, 2005: Landscape Urbanism -- C1. Superimposed: Paris-Saclay, EDF, 2009: Suspended Garden ; Abu Dhabi, Media Zone Master Plan, 2008-2009: 70 Days/35 Options ; Abu Dhabi, Media Zone, 2009: Links-Shabaka -- C2. Raised: Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed Museum, 2007: Repetition and Topo Types ; Busan, Cinema Complex, 2005: Real simple -- D. Gridded Loop: Singapore, Master plan, 2008: Mediapolis -- E. Discontinuity/Repetition: Paris, Pavillon de l'Arsenal, 2005: Concept-Form as Objet-Trouvé: Paris Lollipops ; Paris, Ile Seguin II, 2004: Cinematic envelope -- F. Linear/Sequential/Continuous: The Hague, Passage and Department Store, 20050: Dutch tiles ; Toulouse, Airbus Delivery Center, 2004: Production sequence ; Aix, Courthouse, 2007: Architecture parlante ; Dallas, University of Texas Student Services Center, 2008: Inner court ; Lausanne-Renens, ECAL School of Art and Design, 2006-07: Carving/wrapping -- G. Faceted/Folded/Angular: Lausanne, Interface Flon Ms Metro Station, 2003-09: Green politics ; New York City, BLUE Residential Tower, 2004-07: Code as generator ; Beijing, West Diaoyutai Tower, 2004-07: Mixed-Use ; Abu Dhabi, Housing Study, 2005: Duos ; Bordeaux-Cenon, Cultural Center, 2005-10: Black glass vector/red metal envelope -- H. Filter Envelopes: Paris, New Zoo de Vicennes, 2008-: Formless filters.

Summary:

In Event-Cities 4 Tschumi introduces the "concept-form": a concept generating a form, or a form generating a concept. The book documents recently built and theoretical projects in the context of his evolving views on architecture, urbanism, and design. This volume takes the interaction a step further, looking at a series of projects for which program or context are insufficient as a generative conceptual strategy, hence requiring a different approach. Tschumi has said, "Over the past years, there is one word I have almost never used, except in order to attack it: 'form.'" Here Tschumi introduces the "concept-form": a concept generating a form, or a form generating a concept, so that one reinforces the other. The concept may be programmatic, technological, or social. The form may be singular or multiple, regular or irregular. Concept-forms act as organizing devices or common denominators for the multiple dimensions of programs and their evolution over time, and drive the projects featured in this book. Highlights include master plans for a pair of media-based work spaces and cultural campuses in Singapore and Abu Dhabi; a major master plan for a financial centre with 40,000 projected inhabitants in the Dominican Republic; the innovative Blue Residential Tower in New York City; a group of museums and cultural buildings in France, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and South Korea; a pedestrian bridge in France; and a "multi-programmatic" furniture piece, the TypoLounger. The book contains more than twenty of the Tschumi firm's projects and forward-looking designs of one of the world's leading architectural practices.

ISBN:

9780262512411 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0262512416 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Tschumi, Bernard, 1944-
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture Philosophy.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture Philosophie.
architectural theory.
Architecture, Modern
Arkitektur 2000-talet.
Arkitektur filosofi.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 269242
Call No.: NA44.T881.23 T83 2010
Status: Available