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Building Across Worlds : International Projects by Architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner / ed. by Christian Schittich.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: DETAIL SpecialPublisher: Mnchen : DETAIL, [2016]Copyright date: 2016Description: 1 online resource (176 p.) : Numerous photos and drawingsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783955533199
  • 9783955533205
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720 23
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Content -- From Simplicity and Structural Order -- Raising the Curtain on Building Culture -- The Fourth and Fifth Quality of Building -- Arvo Pärt’s Game of Dice and the Kings at the Lake -- Feng Shui, Interrelationships and Parametric Design -- The Stadium as a Stage for the Choreography of the Masses -- From Here to There -- New Public Dialogues -- Project Credits -- About the Office -- Authors -- Picture Credits
Summary: Over the past 50 years, the architectural office von Gerkan, Marg und Partner has realised 400 projects worldwide – from single-family homes to cultural edifices and office buildings, from transport facilities to master plans. Many of the buildings were constructed throughout Asia – yet how to build in the cultural environment and on the proper scale in China and Vietnam, for example? What sort of knowledge can be transferred from construction work in Europe – and how much do construction projects, in their sociologically and culturally familiar contexts, benefit from the experienced gained there? Various principles, conditions and times determine the context in which gmp operates. The extract included herein from the gmp portfolio draws parallels between current domestic and international projects, while supplemental references to earlier buildings offer a look back at the office's development.

Frontmatter -- Content -- From Simplicity and Structural Order -- Raising the Curtain on Building Culture -- The Fourth and Fifth Quality of Building -- Arvo Pärt’s Game of Dice and the Kings at the Lake -- Feng Shui, Interrelationships and Parametric Design -- The Stadium as a Stage for the Choreography of the Masses -- From Here to There -- New Public Dialogues -- Project Credits -- About the Office -- Authors -- Picture Credits

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Over the past 50 years, the architectural office von Gerkan, Marg und Partner has realised 400 projects worldwide – from single-family homes to cultural edifices and office buildings, from transport facilities to master plans. Many of the buildings were constructed throughout Asia – yet how to build in the cultural environment and on the proper scale in China and Vietnam, for example? What sort of knowledge can be transferred from construction work in Europe – and how much do construction projects, in their sociologically and culturally familiar contexts, benefit from the experienced gained there? Various principles, conditions and times determine the context in which gmp operates. The extract included herein from the gmp portfolio draws parallels between current domestic and international projects, while supplemental references to earlier buildings offer a look back at the office's development.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Nov 2024)