Portable Architecture
Design and Technology
1st Edition
Published on 16. May 2008
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-3-7643-8324-4 (ISBN)
Description
Since the earliest people lived as nomads, their buildings were portable, constructed in a way that allowed them to be rebuilt as they moved to new locations for better living conditions as the seasons changed. This book discusses the forerunners, present context, and technology of portable architecture. It documents numerous international examples, organized by areas of application, and offers a broad array of suggestions for practical design. In the Arts and Culture section, Shigeru Ban's Nomadic Museum, made of shipping containers in the USA and Japan is examined, as is Mark Fisher's event architecture for concert tours by the Rolling Stones and U2. Suggestions for flexible living include Richard Horden's micro compact home and the Container Home Kit from LOT/EK. The design of mobile structures used in extreme situations, such as the Antarctic or in the aftermath of natural catastrophes, is explored. Exhibition and entertainment facilities are other typical areas of application for light, mobile structures. Demountable, temporary structures allow for exciting architectural experimentation which can then be prototyped for regular use.
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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
225 s/w Abbildungen, 72 farbige Abbildungen
225 b/w and 72 col. ill.
Dimensions
Height: 30 cm
Width: 23 cm
Weight
925 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7643-8324-4 (9783764383244)
Schweitzer Classification
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E-Book
05/2008
1st Edition
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
€19.95
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Person
Robert Kronenburg ist Architekt und Professor an der University of Liverpool, deren Architekturfakultät er leitet.
Content
Preface Introduction Exhibition and Commerce Renzo Piano Building Workshop: IBM Traveling Pavilion James Law Cybertecture: Pacific Century Cyberworks Connect Kiosk Shops LOT-EK: DIM Mobile Retail Unit LOT-EK: Uniqlo Pop-Up Store Shigeru Ban: Japan Pavilion Shigeru Ban: Nomadic Museum FTL Design Engineering Studio: Dyson Mobile Exhibition Pavilion Tectoniks Ltd.: Spirit of Dubai Building Inflate: Big M Inflate: Unipart Structure Inflate: Smirnoff Cube Festo: Airtecture Air Hall Festo: Airquarium Entertainment Rudi Enos, Valhalla Toutenkamion, Screen Machine 2 AMP Arquitectos/Wilk Salinas, Bathing Ship FTL Design Engineering Studio: Harley Davidson Machine Tent Mark Fisher: U2 Vertigo Tour Stage Set Mark Fisher: The Rolling Stones Bigger Bang Tour Stage Set Mark Fisher: Superbowl Half-Time Shows Shelter and Residential Office of Mobile Design: Portable House Richard Horden: micro-compact home Paul Burchill and Hervé Delaby: Caravan of the Future LOT-EK: Mobile Dwelling Unit Arts and Education Gruber + Popp Architekten: Mobile Museums Gollifer Langston Architects: Classroom of the Future Theo Jansen: Animarus Rhinocerus Transport Tadao Ando Architect and Associates, Karaza Theatre Military and Expedition NASA: ISS TransHAB Faber Maunsell: Halley VI Weatherhaven: BHP Geological Survey Camp Selected Bibliography Index Illustration Credits