Building with water : concepts, typology, design / Zoe Ryan ; [editor: Ria Stein].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryan, Zoë.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water and architecture.

Architecture, Modern--21st century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel : Birkhauser, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Water has been an important topic in architecture and urban planning for years. The revitalization of the waterfront has been a prevalent trend in cities around the world. On the other hand, architecture also had to respond to the threat of floods. The theme of Building with Water is the use of water in architecture. It presents buildings that explicitly refer to water in their design and form. It establishes a typology of building by the water: residential structures, recreation facilities, industry and infrastructure, buildings for culture and art. The various design parameters are explored in four essays. Subsequently, twenty-two international projects are presented, organized according to their locations by a river, a lake or the sea. The authors' concern is not to show luxurious buildings in privileged locations but rather presenting projects that seriously grapple with the main criterion of the location-namely, water-in an ecologically sustainable way and respond to it with their design. Wasser ist seit Jahren ein wichtiges Thema in Architektur und Städtebau. «Building with Water» thematisiert die Verarbeitung von Wasser im architektonischen Entwurf; es werden Bauten vorgestellt, die sich in ihrer Gestaltung und Form ausdrücklich auf Wasser beziehen. Eine Typologie des Bauens am Wasser wird erstellt: Wohnbauten, Verkehrs- und Industriebauten, Bauten für Kultur und Freizeit. Ebenso werden einleitend klassische Beispiele des Bauens am/im/auf dem Wasser gezeigt, wie etwa Château de Chenonceaux an der Loire, Falling Water in Pennsylvania von Frank Lloyd Wright oder das Salk Institute in La Jolla, Kalifornien, von Louis I. Kahn. Geordnet nach ihren Standorten am Fluss, See oder Meer, werden dann etwa 20 internationale Projekte vorgestellt. Es geht den Autoren nicht darum, luxuriöse Bauten an privilegierten Plätzen zu zeigen, sondern Projekte darzustellen, deren Entwurf sich ernsthaft und ökologisch verträglich mit dem Hauptkriterium des Standortes - nämlich Wasser - auseinandersetzt und sich gestalterisch darauf bezieht

Contents:

Front matter

Content

Introduction. Fluid Dynamics: Building on Water

Where Water Meets the Land: The Rediscovery of the Waterfront / Grau, Dieter / Kekez, Zeljka Carol

Towards Flood-Resilient Urban Environ / Zevenbergen, Chris

A Typology of Building on Water: Arts and Culture. Recreation. Living. Industry and Infrastructure

Buildings and Projects

Lake

Floating House

Whitney Water Purification Facility

Aluminium Forest

RIVER

Silodam

Maison Flottante / Bouroullec, Ronan / Bouroullec, Erwan

Traffic Control Centre

Island in the Mur

Elbe Philharmonic Hall

Science Centre

SEA

Ponte Parodi

Harbour Bath

Kastrup Sea Bath

East Beach Café

Performing Arts Centre

Institute of Contemporary Art

National Opera House

Opera House

Seoul Commune 2026 / Studies, MASS

Jellyfish House

Wave Garden / Obuchi, Yusuke

Ex Arsenale Conference Centre

WIS A Wooden Design Hotel / Auttila, Pieta-Linda

Index

Illustration Credits

The Authors

Acknowledgements

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

3-0346-1094-7

OCLC:

822025016