
Living Systems
Innovative Materials and Technologies for Landscape Architecture
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
1st Edition
Published on 23. April 2007
Book
Hardback
191 pages
978-3-7643-7700-7 (ISBN)
Description
Revolutionizing landscape architecture through the use of intelligent materials and technologies Living Systems surveys a wide array of innovative approaches to material technologies within the field of landscape architecture. The selected projects and materials exhibit a contemporary demand for technological landscapes and the collaboration between designers, engineers, scientists and ecologists. The book proposes a synthesis between technology and theory, focusing on growth, flow, metabolism, climate, and atmospheric phenomena. Projects and materials are cross-referenced according to performance criteria, processes, and properties. Each of the 36 international projects and 23 material technologies is presented with drawing details and construction photographs. Descriptions of key processes and adaptive qualities provide an analysis of the various complex systems featured, such as vertical growth structures, flood prevention, stormwater infiltration and erosion control. Projects featured include works by West8, GROSS.MAX, Weiss-Manfredi Architects, Field Operations, Kathryn Gustafson, and Vogt Landschaftarchitekten.
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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
250 farbige Abbildungen, 81 s/w Abbildungen
81 b/w and 250 col. ill.
Dimensions
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 27 cm
Weight
1188 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7643-7700-7 (9783764377007)
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions

Liat Margolis | Alexander Robinson
Living Systems
Innovative Materials and Technologies for Landscape Architecture
E-Book
04/2007
1st Edition
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
€19.95
Available for download
Persons
Liat Margolis, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.