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The unimaginable happened in Suwon, South Korea: a neighborhood played the future: for the EcoMobility World Festival 2013, the 4,300 residents of the Haenggung-dong neighborhood removed their 1,500 cars from the quarter and lived an ecomobile lifestyle for a full month. Neighborhood in Motion portrays the process of the unique mise-en-scene from idea to implementation; the unprecedented cooperation of local government with community groups, local businesses, cities worldwide, and international agencies; the dedication of community volunteers to protect and defend a car-free neighborhood; and the happiness that pervaded the community as it enjoyed car-free streets and open spaces for the people. Stunning photos demonstrate how ugly, dusty and noisy streets were converted into livable spaces. And how the absence of 1,500 empty metal cages from the streets freed up opportunities for community-building and neighborhood dialogue, and provided condition for safe locomotion and dignity for

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Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) Designing the future of cities in the twenty-first century: this is the task taken on by the Internationale Bauausstellung (International Building Exhibition) IBA Hamburg. Its projects make an innovative and sustainable contribution to current metropolitan development issues. In the heart of the Hanseatic city of Hamburg, the IBA Hamburg is presenting, until 2013, more than sixty building, social, and cultural projects and programmes to demonstrate how major cities can undergo ecologically and socially balanced growth in the present day. Covering 35 square kilometres, the IBA’s project site on Hamburg’s Elbe Islands of Wilhelmsburg and Veddel, as well as the Harburg upriver port, is intended to provide a role model for sustainable, future-oriented inner city development. These islands are home to around 55,000 people from more than 100 countries.With this, the seventh volume in the METROPOLIS: series, the IBA Hamburg, in its presentation year, 2013. provides an annotated overview of the projects and the three themes: Cosmopolis, Metrozones, and Cities and Climate Change.In keeping with the tradition and commitment to quality of the “IBA brand,” this volume presents an innovative review of planning and construction as well as venturing an initial reflection, both internal and external, on the seven-year development and implementation process. Not least, METROPOLIS: BUILDING THE CITY ANEW recognises the involvement and commitment of all those whose participation has played such a key role in the success of the IBA Hamburg. And, looking ahead, the first responses to the question “Where do we go from here?” are already right there.

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How can an abstract term like “Topology” become pertinent and effective to landscape thinking today? There is a schism between the way landscape is understood scientifically, either as a normative network or an environmental system, and the way the same place exists emotionally for people. This disparity which prevails in today’s landscape calls for a change of approach, both in terms of action and perception. Topology, in this instance, is not confined to the science of continuous surfaces in mathematics, it can pay greater attention to deeper spatial, physical, poetic and philosophical values embedded in a long tradition of designed nature. The strength of landscape topology is that it can weave together and integrate heterogeneous fields of action into a single meaningful whole. It brings disciplines together on a common topological “vellum” capable of improving our understanding of landscape as a cultural construct with all its inherent beauty and strength.

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Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) / Bilingual edition (English/German) Spätestens seit der Auszeichnung mit dem Goldenen Löwen der Biennale in Venedig 2005 zählt Thomas Schütte zu den prominentesten deutschen Gegenwartskünstler*innen. Anlässlich der Einzelausstellung Westkunstmodelle 1:1 im De Pont Museum in Tilburg erscheint Thomas Schütte: Houses II und versammelt die architektonischen Arbeiten des Künstlers. Mit zahlreichen Aufnahmen und Konstruktionszeichnungen präsentiert das Buch erstmals 18 Projekte aus den Jahren 2003 bis 2023 und ihre Entstehungsgeschichten. Das Besondere an Schüttes Ansatz ist der Sprung zum Maßstab 1:1, der die Entwürfe zum Leben erweckt. Auf diese Weise verwandelt Schütte Architektur zum Medium der Kunst, schafft neue Impulse zur Großplastik und verwischt die Grenzen zwischen Bildhauerei, Architektur und Konzeptkunst. Mit Texten von Dieter Schwarz und Maria Schnyder

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Die Entwicklungen der Hochhaus-Architektur werden längst in großem Maße in China geprägt. Obgleich ungefähr jedes dritte Gebäude mit einer Höhe von mindestens 100 Metern eben dort entsteht, etabliert sich die Typologie Hochhaus vermehrt in anderen Teilen der Welt. So treiben mittlerweile europäische Städte ihre Hochhausentwicklung voran, und auch in Afrika entstehen sukzessive neue Türme. Der Internationale Hochhaus Preis 2020 präsentiert 31 der spannendsten, kürzlich fertiggestellten Hochhausprojekte, die sich weltweit durch Nachhaltigkeit, Energie- und Kosteneffizienz sowie nutzerfreundliche Gestaltung auszeichnen. Jedes dieser Projekte wird anhand von Textmaterial, Fotos und Plänen vorgestellt.Der Internationale Hochhaus Preis wird alle zwei Jahre vergeben. Zu den bisherigen Gewinner*innen zählen u. a. Benjamín Romano (2018), BIG (2016), Stefano Boeri (2014), Ingenhoven Architects (2012), WOHA (2010) oder Foster and Partners (2008).

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The political climate of our time is being shaped by a dwindling ability to engage in public dialogue, putting democratic practices under increasing pressure. In order to counter the trend towards retreating into the realm of self-affirmation, we need new spaces in which public debate is not only tolerated but stimulated. With this in mind, students at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences designed centrally located salons in Berlin and Frankfurt/Main that could inspire interest in democratic engagement. In summer 2021, the German Architecture Museum will exhibit these designs. This book complements the exhibit with five essays by well-known authors, as well as a comic strip depicting a day in the life of the Salons of the Republic.

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The enormous increase of urbanization characterizing the 20th century often overlays the architectural approaches that took place when cities were founded and continue to have an effect into the present day. Many cities have been newly planned and built from the ground up and relevant new towns’ yards are open in Asia and Africa. What they all have in common is the search for a new urban beginning.The aim of ambitious programs in the forthcoming decades should especially be a better control of the growth of metropolises and urbanized regional patterns, with a view to the environmental behavior of people. This book, which not only presents fundamental international planning features, examines factors such as location, size and layout in particular, as well as the spatial value of new metropolises.

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This atlas of contemporary landscape architecture in London offers a comprehensive overview of new projects within public space. Over the past years, major investments in the infrastructure and housing market of London have driven the need for high-quality public spaces. In the course of this development, new public areas have been created, brownfields have been revitalised, and already existing gardens and parklands have been upgraded.Landscape Observer: London illustrates these spaces and their design elements with numerous photographs. Details of the hard and soft landscape elements are labelled to provide essential information on key materials and plants used in each individual project. The book therefore serves as a reference guide and source of inspiration for landscape architects and urban planners, as well as for garden designers and political activists in the field of infrastructure and urban planning. It invites readers to discover the environmental quality and the design diversity of the external public spaces in the metropolis.

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The architecture firm Ortner & Ortner Baukunst with branches in Vienna, Berlin, and Cologne was founded in 1987 by Laurids and Manfred Ortner and has its roots in the architecture group Haus-Rucker-Co, which was part of the vibrant Viennese architecture and art scene in the 1960s and '70s. An artistic approach is still a trademark of the internationally active firm now named O&O Baukunst. A direct response to the setting and atmosphere of the surrounding urban environment is also one of the focal points of the architects. With a focus on the latest buildings and projects, the development of O&O and its ideas and concepts are discovered. Text in English and German.

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Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) At around 119 meters, Zoofenster is one of the tallest buildings in Berlin. However, it is not a typical skyscraper, but rather a complexly tiered structure that interacts with its urban surroundings on a number of levels. The complexity of the location and of its function within the city is also reflected in its layout. The ground floor, with its hotel, gastronomy, and storefront usages, is accessible to the public, extending street life into the building. Contrary to the original plans for a glass high-rise building, Zoofenster was revetted with natural stone. The design is in the tradition of the proverbial “Stone Berlin” of prominent new buildings in recent years, which have created powerful contours and sculptural surfaces using natural stone and have given the city center, in particular, a distinctive character. The glass façade at the top of Zoofenster enhances the impact of the building from a distance, especially at night.

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In our society there is an increasing demand for participation in shaping our built environment. Without civic participation, few major building projects can go ahead. Furthermore, the knowledge of the users with regard to utilization and how spaces are experienced is in fact an important tool for architects during the design process.This volume presents examples of successful participation, according to a method developed in the practice text, in which the focus is on communication about and by means of atmospheres. Realized Baupiloten projects are supplemented by a wide range of participatory options—presented as practical guidelines that can be used for one’s own individual purposes. Therefore the book invites direct application. Partizipation macht Architektur is not only targeted towards architects and architectural agents, but also towards communities, administrations, and especially the users of the city and architecture.

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Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) On the future Europaallee in the center of Zürich, the three renowned architecture firms David Chipperfield Architects, Max Dudler, and Annette Gigon/Mike Guyer are attempting a European-style city extension, with four individual commercial buildings that form an ensemble rather than a megacomplex. Each individual building was designed by one of the three architecture firms. Bridges link the buildings together and ensure circulation and communication within the complex on the upper floors, whilst generous passageways below open out into a public courtyard, surrounded by the whole building block. This publication documents this extraordinary urban ensemble, according to Max Dudler’s master plan, with numerous photographs, sketches and essays.

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Trilingual edition (English/German/French) / Dreisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch/französisch) Luxembourg has in recent years turned itself into a mecca of contemporary architecture. Together with the works of prominent international architects, the œuvre of the Luxembourger firm christian bauer & associés architectes stands out. The professional scope of the office ranges from museums, schools, banks, residential and commercial buildings to urban planning projects, both in the Grand Duchy and beyond. As founder of the firm, Christian Bauer has developed a design philosophy based on both context and innovation. This volume is the first of its kind to introduce the extensive and varied work of the firm in a monograph.

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After its careful renovation by David Chipperfield Architects, the ballroom Hasenheide 13 will serve as an exhibition venue for the Sammlung Wemhöner from 2025 onwards. Reason enough to review the eventful and lively history of the place in order to respectfully continue its history as a meeting place: a history that already began before the construction of the ballroom at the end of the nineteenth century, and in a certain way also exemplarily reflects the development of Berlin over the past 150 years. This publication invites you to follow Lothar Uebel's research and embark on a voyage of discovery that tells of fascinating episodes of an institution that deserves to continue to be a witness to Berlin's constantly changing face. Monograph on a famous Berlin ballroom soon to be remodeled by David Chipperfield Architects and turned into an arts venue Extensive historic images, contemporary book design

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Band 3 des vierbändigen Werks Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst enthält Beispiele von Platzräumen als Anleitung zum Entwurf. Außerdem werden Platzräume aus Aachen, Alsfeld, Ansbach, Berlin, Braunschweig, Bremen, Celle, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Freudenstadt, Görlitz, Hamburg, Hannover, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Kempten, Leipzig, Lindau, Lübeck, Lüneburg, Ludwigsburg, Mannheim, München, Putbus, Regensburg, Rosenheim, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Stralsund, Trier, Tübingen, Wangen, Warendorf, Weimar, Wismar und Wuppertal im Vergleich gezeigt. Mit Essays von Jan Pieper und Mirjam Schmidt. Das Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst vermittelt grundlegendes Wissen für den städtebaulichen Entwurf und liegt nun auch als Studienausgabe vor. Stadträume, Hofräume, Platzräume und Straßenräume werden anhand von 150 Beispielen aus über 70 deutschen Städten maßstäblich dargestellt, analysiert und verglichen. Herausgeber Christoph Mäckler knüpft an die Lehrbücher von Cornelius Gurlitt, Raymond Unwin und Josef Stübben aus dem frühen 20. Jahrhundert an und liefert eine fundierte Anleitung zum Bauwerk Stadt. Die Studienausgabe ist als Set (Band 1 bis 4) erhältlich. Darüber hinaus können die einzelnen Bände separat erworben werden.

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Das Liebling Haus in Tel Aviv wurde 1936 nach Entwürfen des Architekten Dov Karmi für das aus Europa geflohene Ehepaar Tony und Max Liebling gebaut. Mit seinen hellen Putzfassaden, tiefen Loggien, klaren Proportionen und einem nach dem Stadtklima ausgerichteten Grundriss ist es ein Paradebeispiel für den lokal angepassten Internationalen Stil, wie er für die Weiße Stadt Tel Aviv typisch ist. Von 2015 bis 2019 wurde es von israelischen und deutschen Planer*innen, Sanierungs-Expert*innen und Handwerker*innen aufwendig restauriert und als lebendiges Ausstellungs- und Nachbarschaftszentrum wiedereröffnet. Das Liebling Haus wird getragen und finanziert von der deutschen Bundesregierung, der Stadt Tel Aviv und der Tel Aviv Jaffa-Stiftung. Das in drei Sprachausgaben erscheinende Buch erzählt die wechselvolle Geschichte des Hauses und versammelt ausführliche historische Materialien zu dessen Architektur und seinen Bewohner*innen. Aktuelle Interviews, ein atmosphärischer Rundgang der

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Today's cities are growing rapidly, creating heterogeneous urban fabrics that cross administrative and political borders. To meet the challenges of our time, a new cross-sectoral, multi-level and people-centered planning apporach is needed. Metropolitan planning is therefore essential to contemporary planning practice and culture and must take into account the potential of both urban and rural spaces. This publication introduces the new discipline of metropolitan design by sharing innovative and international knowledge of interconnected mobility, balanced growth, resilient landscapes and integrated programming of metropolitan regions. Through collaboration and active participation, MetroLab provides tools to develop future-proof and highly liveable city regions.

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What is required to renew and articulate public spaces? The need for, and demands of, public spaces are highly specific to the local spatial and social conditions under which people live. Action at neighborhood level is crucial, and must involve interacting and co-creating with residents to discover their needs. At the start of the pandemic, superwien was commissioned to develop innovative designs for urban public spaces in three different cities: Dhaka (Bangladesh), Maputo (Mozambique), and Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). The main objective of this applied research was to strengthen the capacity of local governments to undertake participatory urban design processes. This book calls upon architects and urbanists to develop place-based solutions in challenging circumstances.

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Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) In face of diminishing resources, the importance of photovoltaics for our energy demands is increasing, so that producing up to 25 percent of required electricity in this way seems like a realistic long-term target from today’s perspective. Architecture must rise to meet the challenge, for the integration of photovoltaic systems with their hapticvisual qualities and materiality presents an inspiring new source of innovative design concepts. Intended for planners and architects, but also for the interested layman, this book outlines the huge variety of design of photovoltaic modules, showing realized buildings as examples. A system catalogue gives detailed descriptions of all material aspects and suggests possibilities for an original, aesthetically pleasing use of photovoltaics.

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Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) Flashing facades, high-end-casinos and neon lights—isn´t that how one knows the gambling metropolis of Las Vegas? But what picture does the city have to offer beyond the pulsing pleasure boulevard The Strip? Urbanizing the Mojave Desert: Las Vegas shows us the unknown, desolate side of Las Vegas and its environs. There, where the suburbs in the desert encroach on nature and change it, the book reveals the surprising connenctions between the abstract architectonic sculptures which mark the image of Las Vegas, and the spacious abstractions of nature in the Mojave Desert. In Learning from Las Vegas Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown focused on the glamour of the Las Vegas Strip, analyzing the city for its postmodernist qualities while ignoring the Mojave desert immediately beyond. Exploring the city at the same time as Venturi and Scott-Brown, the renowned architectural historian and critic Reyner Banham focused his attention on what he saw as the strikingly modernist spaces of the Mojave desert and disregarded the postmodernist lure of the Strip. Urbanizing the Mojave Desert: Las Vegas presents neither a modernist nor a postmodernist view of the city and its environment. The text and images do not project ideals of urban development, nor do they solve social and environmental problems. Rather, they present a hybrid landscape shaped and reshaped by practices of everyday urbanization for a city now characterized as the “first” city of the 21st century. They offer a “third site”, exposing the complex but often interstitial spaces of everyday production and consumption tied to physical and virtual place making as well as contemporary local and global investment. This perspective reframes the seamless surfaces of draped neon lights, curtain walls, and landscape features layered onto the Mojaveʼs stark topography, uncovering distinct strata that respatialize the social, cultural, and environmental implications of urbanizing a fierce yet fragile desert.

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Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) “You will seldom find less handicaps in society at large than in Atelier Goldstein.” Sprawling urban models and convoluted architecture in miniature format; majestic aeroplanes made of cardboard; expressive portraits in bright colours and delicate icons … the artists of the “Atelier Goldstein” in Frankfurt create new worlds – and change our view of our own world. This publication, the first comprehensive show of work by the studio, presents eight Goldstein artists with more than 450 illustrations. Supplementary essays introduce the personalities and their working methods, and authors like Jonathan Meese bridge the gap between art and life: Atelier Goldstein Artists is a sensual and an intellectual treat.

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Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) / Bilingual (English/German) Fast Forward ist das erste Magazin an der Schnittstelle von Architektur und Immobilienbranche im deutschsprachigen Raum, das sich den großen Fragen zur Zukunft der Stadt stellt. Inspiriert von der Konferenz Architecture Matters und ohne Angst vor Gegensätzen, kommen Akteur*innen aus der Architektur, der Kunst, der Projektentwicklung, des Investments, der Politik und der Start-up-Szene zu Wort – und damit die kreativen wie auch die ökonomischen Aspekte der Stadt. Mit Beiträgen von Buromoscow, Reinier de Graaf, Elizabeth Diller, Sergei Gordeev, Jan Grarup, Franz-Josef Höing, Ulrich Höller, Tobias Sauerbier, Matthias Standfest, Christiane Thalgott und Erion Veliaj

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Seit über 70 Jahren dominiert das private Auto den öffentlichen Raum deutscher Städte. Mit dem Manifest der freien Straße stellt eine kreativ-wissenschaftliche Allianz dieses Dogma grundsätzlich infrage und thematisiert vergessene und unerkannte Qualitäten und Möglichkeiten der Straßennutzung. Damit nimmt sie eine kommunale Raumressource in den Blick, die wir in Zeiten von Klimawandel, Digitalisierung und sozialer Ungleichheit dringend anders zu nutzen lernen müssen. Mit Bildern, Comics, Grafiken und knackigen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen weist das Manifest der freien Straße den Weg in eine chancenreiche Zukunft und zeigt: Straßen sollten mehr sein, als bloß ein Raum, um von A nach B zu kommen.

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Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) / Bilingual edition (English/German) Die Geschichte des Grafikdesigns ist weitgehend ohne Frauen geschrieben worden. Blickt man jedoch unter die Oberfläche dieser Erzählung, wird der Einfluss sichtbar, den Grafikdesignerinnen auf das Geschehen hatten: Sie bildeten eigene Traditionen, stellten dialogische Bezüge her, wurden Vorbilder, knüpften Netzwerke, erprobten sich in Selbstermächtigung. Gerda Breuer beleuchtet diesen Kampf um Professionalisierung und zeigt, auf welche kollektiven Formate Designerinnen zurückgriffen, um sichtbar zu werden und sich für die Belange von Frauen einzusetzen. Bekannte Grafikdesignerinnen wie Ljubow Popowa, Änne Koken, Ethel Reed oder Sarah Wyman Whitman spielten hierbei ebenso eine Rolle wie völlig unbekannte Kollektive. Breuer zeigt, dass deren bedeutende Beiträge in der Rezeptionsgeschichte verschwunden, abgewertet, ignoriert oder in den Hintergrund gedrängt wurden. Aufgrund der aktuellen Infragestellung des traditionellen Kanons ist die Integration solcher Beiträge in die Designgeschichte längst überfällig. Design von Katja Lis, DBF Designbüro Frankfurt

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New Belgrade represented a material and social experiment for a new society in post-war Yugoslavia. As the city and the country were being simultaneously built, the philosophy of praxis was developing in both the Yugoslavian and the international scene. Praxis of Collective Building deals with the interactions between this school of thought and the histories of architectural construction sites. By closely studying the microhistories of construction, the author considers the theoretical problems of collective production through different narratives: voluntary youth actions in the construction of New Belgrade through the lens of Marxian praxis, participative prefabrication as a way of addressing housing shortages in Yugoslavia, and the transfer and adaptation of the Yugoslavian prefabricated system to the Cuban context by the microbrigade movement.

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Im südlichen Graz, dort, wo Einfamilienhäuser, Gewerbe und Industrie aufeinandertreffen, entstand im Rahmen des Grazer Kulturjahres 2020 der Demonstrativbau Club Hybrid. Mit wechselnden Gästen und täglichem Programm wurde der Club im Sommer 2021 zur Werkstatt und Bühne in der urbanen Nebelzone der Stadt. Es wurde experimentiert, ausgestellt und diskutiert. Club Hybrid. Ein Sommer in der Nebelzone bringt die beteiligten Menschen, Objekte, Räume und Ereignisse in einem Buch zusammen. Entlang von sechs Themenfeldern wird die Genese des Clubs von der Standortsuche über die Architekturkonstruktion bis zur Programmfindung erzählt. Gastbeiträge von Bernd Vlay, Agency Apéro, Emily Trummer, Rudolf Kohoutek und Oliver Elser ergänzen und vertiefen einzelne Themen und blicken über den Rand des Projekts hinaus. Das Cover des Buches ist zugleich ein Poster.

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The development of a wide range of new health initiatives and institutions, as well as of innovative care concepts, is currently underway in Austria. Space Anatomy reveals how and where these ideas are being planned and implemented, as well as the impact they have on local cities, communities, and everyday life. Featuring several expert roundtables and contributions by international authors, this book takes an incisive look at the importance of architecture and design on the spatial aspects of health and public health. Numerous successful Austrian projects—from health centers and care homes to results achieved through private initiatives—are provided as examples.

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Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) / Bilingual edition (English/German) Wie können wir in den urbanisierten Räumen unserer Städte und Kommunen dem Klimawandel und den sozialen, wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen Ungleichheiten mit innovativen Projekten und neuen Planungsprozessen begegnen? Wie kommen wir von vernachlässigten, brachliegenden, leeren, stigmatisierten und monofunktionalen zu lebendigen, integrativen und durchmischten Stadträumen? An fünf deutschen Standorten wurden anlässlich des E16-Wettbewerbs Projekte entwickelt, die Möglichkeiten für Transformationsprozesse in Kommunen aufzeigen. Die parallel zum Verfahren einsetzende COVID-19-Pandemie wirkte für viele der angesprochen Fragestellungen wie ein Katalysator: lebendige Städte als Sehnsuchtsorte und notwendige Visionen. Der Katalog fasst die Wettbewerbsbeiträge der deutschen Standorte sowie der deutschen Gewinner*innen an europäischen Standorten zusammen. Mit Beiträgen von Andrea Benze, Kaye Geipel, Saskia Hebert, Timo Munzinger, Iris Reuter, Ali Saad, Anne Schmedding, Marika Schmidt und Tatjana Schneider

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As a collective cultural achievement, building culture is not a private matter: it is a physical expression of our society. It defines not only the character of our living environment, but also the processes of its creation, adoption, use, and preservation. Our building culture is tightly interwoven with people’s daily lives and influences their coexistence and wellbeing. The question of how we wish to shape this coexistence is relevant not only to those in the fields of architecture and urban planning, but also to large sections of wider society. To mark its twentieth anniversary, IG Architektur is turning its attention to the future. In this volume, it seeks to identify and discuss the topics that will be important to building culture over the coming twenty years. With contributions by Wojciech Czaja, Jens S. Dangschat, Franz Denk, Matthias Finkentey, Daniel Fügenschuh, Gabu Heindl, Nikolaus Hellmayr, Angelika Hinterbrandner, Kurt Hofstetter, Susanne Helene Höhndorf, Thomas Kain, Wolfgang Kil, Elke Krasny, Ramona Kraxner, Christian Kühn, Isabella Marboe, Karoline Mayer, Maik Novotny, Paul Ott, Katharina Ritter, Reinhard Seiß, Bernhard Sommer, Lukas Vejnik, and Kai Vöckler.

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Trilingual edition (English/German/Slovenian) / Dreisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch/slowenisch) Günther Domenig died in 2012, having become internationally known for his iconic Steinhaus and the architecturally important Nazi Party Rally Grounds Documentation Center in Nuremberg. The trilingual volume In Resonance takes an unusual approach to his work, offering an outsider's view of the Carinthia- born architect’s oeuvre—ne that stands apart from both the dominant perspectives on his work and from the norms of architecture books in general. The intimate picture series by photographer Gerhard Maurer comprises over thirty of the buildings designed by Günther Domenig and stands in dialogue with writer Anna Baar’s essayist approach to the architect’s work. The essays and photos capture the architecture in its current context and create space for contradictions, for lacunae, for the unusable—nd for the beautiful.

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Our nuclear power plants stand like landmarks on German river landscapes – they are constructional witnesses to a bitter social and political dispute about energy, the economy and the assessment of the consequences of technology. Today, in the middle of the energy crisis, this dispute is more pertinent than ever. After the nuclear disaster of Fukushima, Germany decided in 2011 to phase out nuclear power: but why should all power plants now be renaturalised to green fields? Because only around 3 percent of the grey energy that the gigantic building volumes harbour is actually radioactively contaminated. This book offers a factual approach to the history of nuclear power, the technologies sued, their renaturation, as well as monument protection aspects. A photo essay by the contemporary witness Günter Zint documents the protest culture associated with this. Seven possibilities for reusing these awkward monuments are also shown – an approach that for a long time was not considered possible.

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Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) The ICC Berlin is a Gesamtkunstwerk, a giant time capsule that has been waiting for a new usage concept for almost a decade. Planned in the 1960s and opened in 1979, the exhibition building—designed by Ursulina Schüler-Witte and Ralf Schüler, and encompassing Frank Oehring’s incomparable wayfinding system—remains an attentiongrabbing structure. While the building’s brutalist exterior overwhelms the viewer, its interior conveys an air of calm, offering a view of the suddenly quieted traffic through its panoramic windows. This volume of photographs by Zara Pfeifer is dedicated to documenting the interior of the building. Taking an unsentimental approach, Pfeifer records the largely unchanged inner appearance of the building that has been variously dubbed the Giant of Witzleben, the Battleship Charlottenburg, or the Hall of Megalomania. Her images develop a sense for the building’s noteworthy elements and capture the liminal condition in which it has been suspended for years.

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Lange galt die Emscher als schmutzigster Fluss Deutschlands, jetzt ist sie abwasserfrei. Der Band dokumentiert den sozial-ökologischen Umbau der Emscher, die das nördliche Ruhrgebiet auf einer Länge von 81 Kilometern durchfließt: die Transformation von einem bergbaulichen Abwassersystem des Industriezeitalters zu einer neuen regionalen Flusslandschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts. Von dem renaturierten Fluss mit seinen zahlreichen Nebengewässern gehen Impulse für die Aufwertung der gesamten Region aus. Der Umbau schafft Raum für Renaturierung, Konversion und eine starke Entwicklungsachse nachhaltigen Städte- und Landschaftsbaus. Gesamtstrategie, Leitprojekte, Begleitformate und der regionalpolitische Diskurs dieser umfangreichen Transformation werden hier erstmalig mit Texten, Plänen und Bildern publiziert.

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The reality of urban life can be rather banal. We all have to wait for the bus on cold winter days, do the washing up, take out the bins, or spend long commutes in the car. David Sim believes that life in the city could be made easier and more pleasant through simple, cost-effective measures and by focusing on the human scale. He demonstrates that the solution is finding a balance between density and diversity in order to create proximity and to make urban assets more accessible. The goal is to design comfortable neighborhoods that are easy to live in and adapt to our ever-changing needs. David Sim paints a picture of the good life in cities that are slower, better apportioned, quieter, and—simply put—softer.

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Die sakralen Räume deutscher Städte haben in den letzten Jahrzehnten an Vielfalt gewonnen. Neben etablierten Institutionen erheben neue Stimmen Anspruch auf Partizipation im Neben- und Miteinander religiöser Ideen wie auch im architektonischen Ausdruck.Sakralität im Wandel dokumentiert diese sakraltopografischen Veränderungen seit 1990 sowohl in quantitativer als auch in qualitativer Hinsicht am Beispiel jüdischer, christlicher und muslimischer Sakralbauten. Es thematisiert das Ringen um die urbane Sichtbarkeit und leistet damit einen wichtigen Beitrag zur übergeordneten Fragestellung, wie Architektur einerseits Ausdruck gesellschaftlicher Ordnungen und andererseits zugleich sozial wirksam sein kann.

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Architectures of Weaving bridges architecture and textile by exploring fiber architectures from the micro scale of biological systems to the macro scale of textile and built structures. Selected case studies, essays, and interviews reflect on cultural practices and materials research through the lens of textile thinking. In the quest for sustainable and resilient approaches that meet the challenges of our time, the book presents fascinating approaches heralding a paradigm shift by working with fibrous materiality: structures become flexible and adaptive, they interact with their environment. As a source of inspiration, the book assembles exceptional contributions from the fields of architecture, art, material science, cultural history, design, engineering, mathematics, microbiology, and textile technology.

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Die baulichen Ausprägungen digitaler Daten bleiben meist im Verborgenen. Katharina J. Neubauer hat alle Datenspeichergebäude von Google und Facebook in Europa bereist und leistet eine architektonische und räumliche Annäherung an diese Bauten. Durch die direkte Konfrontation mit den Gebäuden wird man sich ihrer Existenz, ihrer Ausmaße und zugleich ihrer Präsenzlosigkeit bewusst. Gebäude, die eine enorme gesellschaftliche Bedeutung haben, aber nicht dafur gedacht sind, betrachtet und verstanden zu werden – die Autorin hat sie beobachtet und in Form von Fotos und Zeichnungen festgehalten.

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According to a recent American study, sexism and racism are so widespread in architecture that there is a distaste for these topics within the branch itself. What are the reasons for this exclusionary working culture? Even in Germany, most architecture graduates since the turn of the millennium have been female—but a large number of conventions and assumptions within the discipline make it difficult for women to remain in the profession. As a result, a great deal of highly trained talent is lost. Black Turtleneck, Round Glasses uses an intersectional feminist perspective to examine the structural causes that push women—and anyone else who isn’t a white cis man—out of the field. How can architectural teaching and discourse, as well as the industry’s self-image, become more diverse? Where are the experiences of a pluralistic society missing from the built environment? How can we bring about cultural change in planning and architecture? Featuring an interview with the Dutch architect Afaina de Jong

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„Schon während der ersten Redaktionssitzungen wurde uns klar, dass wir unsere Herangehensweise an Architektur nicht in einer einfachen Werkschau und mit einer Aneinanderreihung von Fotos vermitteln wollen. Uns hat immer auch der – gelegentlich durchaus kritische – Blick von außen auf unsere Bauten interessiert." Thomas Knerer und Eva Lang Seit der Gründung des Büros Knerer und Lang im Jahr 1993 hat sich die Wahrnehmung von Architektur verändert. Der Stellenwert von Entwurf und Funktionalität gerät zugunsten scheinbarer Kostenreduzierung immer mehr in den Hintergrund. RFKLX thematisiert die beiden Aspekte Rezeption und Relevanz in einer diskursiven Momentaufnahme. Kritische Stimmen finden dabei ebenso Raum wie die Auseinandersetzung mit der realen Arbeitswelt von Architekt*innen, die sich immer neuen Herausforderungen stellen müssen.

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Urban and rural areas alike witness severe dynamics. Moreover, understandings of what constitutes the urban and the rural are changing, too. Metapolis conceptualizes the network of urban and rural settlements interconnected by flows of people, goods, and information. How can this Metapolis be understood and evolve in a more sustainable manner? By example of two study regions in Lower Saxony—a federal state of Germany consisting of few large cities, mostly mid-sized and small towns, suburbs, and villages—this volume presents an innovative analytical framework called Topoi, offering a new perspective on urban-rural development. Different scenarios explore innovative solutions for sustainable planning and design along the urban-rural gradient.

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Anlässlich des 75. Jubiläums der Befreiung Österreichs vom NS-Regime forschten Lehrende und Studierende am Institut für Architekturtheorie, Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften der TU Graz ein Semester lang intensiv zur Geschichte des Widerstands gegen den Nationalsozialismus in der Steiermark. Vier ausgewählte Case Studies – in Deutschlandsberg, Leoben, Eisenerz und Graz – bilden den Ausgangspunkt der umfangreichen Recherche mit den Mitteln der forensischen Architektur. Die aus den Archivrecherchen gewonnenen Erkenntnisse wurden im Sommer 2020 in einer Ausstellung im öffentlichen Raum der jeweiligen Städte präsentiert, visuell aufbereitet in Form von 3D-Visualisierungen, Plandarstellungen, Diagrammen und Graphen. Die Ergebnisse dieser Forschungs- und Gestaltungsarbeit werden in der vorliegenden Publikation zu den Ausstellungen durch Beiträge facheinschlägiger Wissenschaftler*innen ergänzt, die die vier behandelten Case Studies in einen nationalen und internationalen Forschungszusammenhang einordnen und kontextualisieren. Mit Beiträgen von Janika Döhr, Lisa-Marie Dorfleitner, Ema Drnda, Florian Eichelberger, Christian Fleck, Flora Flucher, Max Florian Frühwirt, Daniel Gethmann, Nicole-Melanie Goll, Heimo Halbrainer, Georg Hoffmann, Matthias Hölbling, Thomas Hönigmann, Waltraud P. Indrist, Thomas Lienhart, Lung Peng, Anna Sachsenhofer, Alice Steiner, Milan Sušić, Katharina Url, Viktoriya Yeretska, Armin Zepic Die Grafik dieses Bandes stammt von SOYBOT – Marie Fegerl, Gerhard Jordan

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Languages are constantly transforming as humans interact, change habits, and ways of doing things. This is not a radical observation. More intriguing to ponder is whether languages also transform us and the world in which we exist. Does it matter what words we use about the world? Could we, by shaping a language, also shape the world? Would the world look different if other words had been used? This work is about the urban environment, and how it is transformed by people interacting with the world that surrounds them by evoking more just living conditions. It is also an effort to demonstrate how the urban environment could be imagined in ways that differ from the neoliberalist view. Other imaginations, arising from different perspectives on and incentives for development, such as equity and inclusiveness, might produce another city entirely. From urban practices in four different contexts in Sweden, South Africa, India, and Brazil, this book investigates four dynamics of change: conflicts, commons, networks, and hybridity. From this framing, new concepts and radical imaginaries emerge, presented here as a Language of the Becoming City.

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Nine years after the first major monograph on the work of the architectural office Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei, a second volume marks the tentative culmination of many years of harmonious collaboration between the three partners. From the outset, the office committed to the guiding principle: “First the city, then the house.” A second principle: “Inside is different from outside,” is also reflected in its buildings. The external form of a house, as part of the public realm, is committed to the city, whereas the interior of a house is dedicated to the private needs and lifestyle of its residents. Buildings are not industrial products, but individuals in which the creative influence of hand and intellect are manifest.

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Gemeinschaftlich genutzte und gestaltete Freiräume sind Ankerpunkte in der Stadt und eine mögliche Antwort auf die Folgen von Urbanisierung und Klimawandel sowie auf soziale und kulturelle Unterschiede. Das Buch untersucht die Rolle von Add-ons in urbanen Freiräumen: spezifischen Nutzungskomponenten zur Produktion von Nahrungsmitteln, Wasser, Energie und Materialien sowie von wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Ressourcen. Es fragt, inwieweit diese hinzugefügten Bestandteile urbane Räume resilienter und nachhaltiger machen können, indem sie auf die Bedürfnisse und Vorlieben der Nachbarschaft reagieren und mit dem umgebenden Stadtraum Verknüpfungen eingehen. Wissenschaftliche Texte und Stellungnahmen internationaler Expert*innen bilden einen einzigartigen interdisziplinären Diskurs ab, der die Vielfalt an Add-ons in unterschiedliche Mikro- und Makroperspektiven darstellt und Strategien für kollaborative, multicodierte Stadträume an der Schnittstelle von Architektur und Freiraumplanung aufzeigt.

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Bildeten Kirchen früher noch das Zentrum des Dorf- und Stadtlebens, führen kontinuierlich schwindende Mitgliederzahlen heute dazu, dass sie immer häufiger leer stehen oder sogar schließen müssen. Wie können Kirchengebäude wieder mit Leben gefüllt werden? In Thüringen haben sich seit 2016 unter der Schirmherrschaft der Evangelischen Kirche in Mitteldeutschland und der Internationalen Bauausstellung IBA Thüringen engagierte Bürger*innen zusammengeschlossen, die mit solidarischen Projekten ihre Kirchen als Orte der Gemeinschaft reaktivieren. Der zweite Band der Reihe StadtLand:Kirche stellt diese ambitionierten Projekte vor, erzählt von ihrem Fortschritt, von Erfolgen und Schwierigkeiten. Sei es die Her(r)bergskirche am Rennsteig oder die Bienen-Garten-Kirche in Roldisleben: Die vorgestellten Projekte zeigen auf, wie lebensnahe weltliche Nutzungen das ursprüngliche Angebot der Kirche ergänzen können. Mitten im Dorf entsteht so ein neuer Typus Kirche als hybrider Ort.

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Enmeshed in Hong Kong’s densely woven urban fabric, wedged between its towering mixed-use complexes and perched along its steep hillsides, sits a network of more than 500 miniature public parks comprising the smallest unit of the city’s public open space network. Though plentiful, these so-called Sitting-out Areas – referred to locally as 三角屎坑 (literally: a “three-cornered shit pit”) – have never been considered in terms of the collective resource they have the potential to be. This book presents a series of critical essays revealing the city’s Sitting-out Areas in relation to Hong Kong’s planning histories and shifting terrains, while also tracking how these spatial fragments have been shaped by concepts of publicness, accessibility and regulation. The second half of the book presents 44 richly illustrated case studies revealing the variety and idiosyncrasies of Hong Kong’s smallest open spaces. Ultimately, the book argues that we can understand the high-density city not only through its buildings, but through the character and potency of its interstitial landscapes.

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