
The IBOIS Notebooks-Vol. 1
Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes
Published on 1. August 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-2-88915-390-9 (ISBN)
Description
A thorough and interdisciplinary look at the many aspects of wood construction over the past three hundred years.
The IBOIS Notebooks offer a societal, ecological, cultural, and political look at wood construction. Through the work and critical analyses of authors from various disciplines, these notebooks reveal the structuring, sometimes contradictory, and often underestimated role of timber construction in the architectural evolution of the last three centuries. This biannual editorial project, led by Christophe Catsaros, philosopher, journalist, and architecture critic, and Yves Weinand, architect-engineer and director of the Wood Construction Laboratory (IBOIS) at Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne (EPFL), draws the outlines of an original and transdisciplinary account. Going beyond the established distinction between the humanities and applied sciences, the notebooks offer alternative relationships for innovative wood construction. Behind this original and cross-disciplinary panorama-where researchers, builders, and historians question the potential of a material-is the ambition of a radical change, as evidenced both by the research and the achievements of the EPFL's Wood Construction Laboratory.
The IBOIS Notebooks offer a societal, ecological, cultural, and political look at wood construction. Through the work and critical analyses of authors from various disciplines, these notebooks reveal the structuring, sometimes contradictory, and often underestimated role of timber construction in the architectural evolution of the last three centuries. This biannual editorial project, led by Christophe Catsaros, philosopher, journalist, and architecture critic, and Yves Weinand, architect-engineer and director of the Wood Construction Laboratory (IBOIS) at Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne (EPFL), draws the outlines of an original and transdisciplinary account. Going beyond the established distinction between the humanities and applied sciences, the notebooks offer alternative relationships for innovative wood construction. Behind this original and cross-disciplinary panorama-where researchers, builders, and historians question the potential of a material-is the ambition of a radical change, as evidenced both by the research and the achievements of the EPFL's Wood Construction Laboratory.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 182 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
214 gr
ISBN-13
978-2-88915-390-9 (9782889153909)
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Persons
Yves Weinand is a Belgian architect and civil engineer and one of the most recognized researchers in the field of contemporary wood construction. He founded the Weinand design office, and he is director of EPFL's Wood Construction Laboratory (IBOIS). Christophe Catsaros is an independent architecture critic. He is the author of several books and a regular contributor to Artpress, Volume, and Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, among others.
Content
THE IBOIS NOTEBOOKS, TOOLS OF INCREASED TRANSDISCIPLINARITY, Christophe Catsaros
PLEATS PLEASE? - THE SECRET ARCHITECTURE OF THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, Francoise Fromonot
ARCHITECTURE IN THE ERA OF THE DIGITAL CONTINUUM, Stephane Berthier
THE THEATRE THAT CAME OUT OF THE WOOD, Yann Rocher
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THE AUTHORS
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PLEATS PLEASE? - THE SECRET ARCHITECTURE OF THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, Francoise Fromonot
ARCHITECTURE IN THE ERA OF THE DIGITAL CONTINUUM, Stephane Berthier
THE THEATRE THAT CAME OUT OF THE WOOD, Yann Rocher
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THE AUTHORS
IMPRESSUM