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The publication Two Lakes is the result of a comparative study of two cultural regions Lake Lucerne in Switzerland and Lake Biwa in Japan. Based on the results of a five-year cooperation entitled The Culture of Water (20182023) between the Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture and the Kyoto Institute of Technology, it engages with the architecture of the future. Addressing the core themes of danger, beauty, commons and eternity and their according relationships to water it develops hypotheses on both regions with respect to the interdependence between people and the architecture they produce. The book is rounded off by in-depth articles, two photographic essays and archive documents.

Two Lakes

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      Publisher Quart Publishers
      Published 1/14/2025
      ISBN-13 9783037613092
      978-3037613092
      ISBN-10 3037613092
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      Art & Photography Architectural structure and design

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      Book Synopsis

      The publication Two Lakes is the result of a comparative study of two cultural regions Lake Lucerne in Switzerland and Lake Biwa in Japan. Based on the results of a five-year cooperation entitled The Culture of Water (20182023) between the Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture and the Kyoto Institute of Technology, it engages with the architecture of the future. Addressing the core themes of danger, beauty, commons and eternity and their according relationships to water it develops hypotheses on both regions with respect to the interdependence between people and the architecture they produce. The book is rounded off by in-depth articles, two photographic essays and archive documents.

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