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Book SynopsisOrnament is currently acquiring a renewed status in architecture. As contemporary technologies of design and fabrication introduce unprecedented opportunities to intertwine the constructive logics and expressive articulations of buildings, ornament has re-emerged as a means to explorethe interactions between function and decoration, volume and surface, structure and envelope. This book gives a systematic account of the technologies employed in the production of ornament and thestrategies of its application today, examining a range of international built examples. Architects with particularly advanced approaches to the question of ornament contribute reports and reflections on their experiences: Sam Jacob of Fashion Architecture Taste (FAT), London; Andreas Hild of Hild und K Architekten, Munich; and Alejandro Zaera-Polo of Foreign Office Architects (FOA), London.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Applied Introduction Bellemo & Cat, Polygreen House Splitterwerk, Frog Queen Lyons Architects, Victoria University Training Center Herzog & de Meuron, Eberswalde Library Hild und K Architekten, BFTS Sport Sciences Center Dietrich Untertrifaller Architects, Walch’s Event Catering Center Wiel Arets Architects,Utrecht University Library ___________________________________________________________________ Chapter 2: Perforated / Cut Introduction Claesson Koivisto Rune, Sfera Building Klein Dytham architecture, Leaf Chapel Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Aoba-Tei Restaurant Atelier Hitoshi Abe with Asao Tokolo, Pachinko Tiger Kagitori 6a Architects, Hairywood AAVP Architecture, André de Gouveia Residence Herzog & de Meuron, De Young Museum ___________________________________________________________________ Chapter 3: Layered Introduction Essay: Sam Jacob, "Surface as Manifesto" Faulders Studio, Airspace Tokyo FAT, Hoogvliet Villa Foreign Office Architects, John Lewis Department Store Kumiko Inui, Louis Vuitton Hilton Plaza Kumiko Inui, Dior Ginza ___________________________________________________________________ Chapter 4: Formed / Cast Introduction Essay: Andreas Hild, "Building Thing Mixing" Rüdiger Lainer, Business and Fitness Center Rüdiger Lainer, Apartment Building Lyons Architects, Mornington Center Hild und K Architekten, Façade Refurbishment FAT, Sint Lucas Art Academy Herzog & de Meuron, 40 Bond Street Valerio Olgiati, Atelier Bardill Kengo Kuma, Chokkura Plaza Kumiko Inui, Shin-Yatsushiro Monument Wiel Arets, Living Madrid ___________________________________________________________________ Chapter 5: Stacked / Tiled Introduction Essay: Alejandro Zaera-Polo, "Patterns and Fabrics" Foreign Office Architects, Spanish Pavilion, Expo 2005 Foreign Office Architects, Carabanchel Social Housing Hild und K Architekten, House in Aggstall PTW Architects, Water Cube Gramazio & Kohler, Gantenbein Vineyard Facade Coelacanth and Associates, Liberal Arts and Sciences College SHoP, 290 Mulberry Street
