A.WAY
Catching Future by the Fairytale
1st Edition
Published on 30. August 2010
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-3-9813228-5-9 (ISBN)
Description
A.WAY is a fairytale exploring the potential of digital technologies in the context of the future of mobility. It takes the reader on a journey to discover the creation of Pokeville, a model of future cities in which cars turn from viewing machines for maneuvering through traffic to sensorial experience machines. In Pokeville, the car becomes a catalyst for social interaction and a personalized perception of the city. It invites you to wander A.WAY.
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Person
Jürgen Mayer H. studied in Stuttgart, New York and Princeton before founding his practice in 1996. He received the Mies van der Rohe Award Emerging Architects Special Mention (2003) and, among others, the International Architecture Award of the Chicago Athenaeum (2009). Mayer H. has taught at the Architectural Association in London, at Harvard University and at the University of Toronto in Canada. Among the best-known buildings by J. Mayer H. Architects are the Mensa Moltke at the University of Karlsruhe and the "Dupli.Casa" near Ludwigsburg. The Metropol-Parasol plan for the comprehensive redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnación in Sevilla is currently under construction.