Intermediate Natures
The Landscapes of Michel Desvigne
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
1st Edition
Published on 20. November 2008
Book
Hardback
199 pages
978-3-7643-7714-4 (ISBN)
Description
Michel Desvigne is no doubt the most high-profile French landscape architect working today. He collaborates with architects like Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, Ieoh Ming Pei, Herzog and de Meuron, and Jean Nouvel, and his projects are synonymous with a strong strategic and conceptual component, influenced by insights from geography. Traffic projects also play an important role in his work - they underscore the competence of landscape architecture in matters of city planning.This thematic monograph documents the key elements of Desvigne's work in individual chapters: processes of transformation, geography, territory, urban structures, and public squares. Each of these themes is vividly illustrated by selected projects, including the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, the French Ministry of Culture in Paris, and Keio University in Tokyo.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
137 s/w Abbildungen, 356 farbige Abbildungen
137 b/w and 356 col. ill.
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm
Width: 22 cm
Weight
1225 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7643-7714-4 (9783764377144)
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The Landscapes of Michel Desvigne
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Persons
Gilles Tiberghien, Philosoph und Autor im Bereich "Land Art"; James Corner, Designer und Theoretiker, Pennsylvania University, USA.
Content
I Essay Gilles Tiberghien II Essay James Corner 1. Formations of Nature Defining the City Rotterdam Biesboch Stad, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2005 Plaine du Var, France, 2006- Lower Lea Valley, London, Great Britain, 2004 in cooperation with Herzog & de Meuron Burgos Urban Landscape Masterplan, Burgos, Spain, 2006- in cooperation with Herzog & de Meuron 2. Transformation of a Territory Lyon-Confluence, Lyon, France, 2000-2004 Bordeaux Rive Droite, Bordeaux, France, 2000-2004 Millenium Park London, Great Britain, 1997-2000 in cooperation with Richard Rogers Grand Quartier de Port Marianne in Montpellier, France, 1998-2002 3. Landscape and Urban Expansion Issoudun, France, 2005 Cergy Pontoise, France, 2006-2008 Issoudun, Parc de Théols, France, 1993-1994 T.G.V. Station Méditéranée, Avignon (?), France, 1994-2002 4. The significance of a Park in the Contemporary City Governors Island, New York, USA, 2007 Cité Nature, Arras, France, 2001-2005 in cooperation with Jean Nouvel Sculpture Park of Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium, 1998-2000 5. Public Space Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation, Dallas, USA, 2004-2008 in cooperation with Norman Foster & Partners and OMA Ile Séguin, Greater Paris, France, 2000- Extension of the old harbor, Antwerp, Belgium, 2001-2004 Place and bank of the lake, Almere, Netherlands, 2000-2005 in cooperation with Rem Koolhaas and OMA 6. Transfer of Nature into a Human Made Area Garden of the Ministry of Culture, Paris, France, 2001-2004 Rue de Meaux, Paris, France, 1989-1992 in cooperation with Renzo Piano Utrecht Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands, 1998-2000 7. Transfer of a Landscape to an Urban «Surface» Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2002-2005 in cooperation with Herzog & de Meuron Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, 2004-2005 Appendix