Bernard Tschumi, Zénith de Rouen, Rouen, France / Todd Gannon and Laurie A. Gunzleman, volume editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tschumi, Bernard, 1944-

Contributor:

Gannon, Todd.

Gunzleman, Laurie A.

Series:

Source books in architecture ; 3.

Source books in architecture / Knowlton School of Architecture, the Ohio State University ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zénith (Rouen, France).

Tschumi, Bernard, 1944-.

Tschumi, Bernard.

Buildings--France--Rouen.

Buildings.

France--Rouen.

Physical Description:

160 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2003]

Summary:

Architect Bernard Tschumi is internationally regarded as one of the boldest thinkers in contemporary architecture as well as one of its most inventive formgivers. Translating his bold visions into built structure has always been challenging, and nowhere is this more evident than in the Zenith de Rouen, his recently completed concert hall and exhibition complex in Rouen, France. As one of the most accomplished and seductive of Tschumi's built projects, the Zenith de Rouen stands as a tour-de-force of design, technique, and construction. Including an exhaustive presentation of sketches, models, computer renderings, working drawings, and photographs of the construction process and the finished work, this book documents the project at a level of detail that allows complete and careful study from its conception to its completion. This in-depth graphic presentation is accompanied by commentaries from the architect, as well as series editors Jeffery Kipnis and Todd Gannon, that further explore both the cultural and technical significance of this important building. Source Books in Architecture is the product of the Herbert Baumer seminars, a series of interactions between students and seminal practitioners at the Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University. Following a significant amount of research, students lead a discussion that encourages the architects to reveal their architectural motivations and techniques.

Contents:

Conversations with Bernard Tschumi 13

Competition Drawings 37

Schematic Design 48

Design Development 54

Final Drawings 63

Execution 73

Exhibition Halls 123

Completed Construction 135

Criticism 155.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 159).

ISBN:

1568983824

OCLC:

51477097