Global Housing Projects: 25 Buildings Since 1980
by Mateo, Josep LluisFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-10-30
Publisher(s): Actarbirkhauser
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Summary
The world is merging into one global system of goods, people and information. This book explores the social, cultural, and economic phenomena of globalization through housing. The Chair of Architecture and Design at the ETH in Zurich examines the last 25 years of housing development. This book is a historical criticism with the built projects as protagonists. Housing typologies have been chosen as contemporary architectural prototypes. The selection of housing projects reflects the most innovative and influential built housing projects to propose new important guidelines in housing. The ETH Zurich is a renowned European architecture institute. This is the fourth book in their acclaimed series.
Table of Contents
| Contemporary Historicism | p. 4 |
| Projects | p. 6 |
| Kanchanjunga: Charles Correa - Bombay - India | p. 8 |
| Edificio Residencial Jaragua: Paulo Mendes da Rocha - Brazil | p. 16 |
| Nemausus: Jean Nouvel - Nimes - France | p. 24 |
| Schilderswjik West: Alvaro Siza - The Hague - Netherlands | p. 32 |
| Nexus: Rem Koolhaas / OMA - Fukuoka - Japan | p. 40 |
| Strassgang: Riegler Riewe - Graz - Austria | p. 48 |
| KNSM Eiland: Hans Kollhoff, Christian Rapp - Amsterdam - Netherlands | p. 54 |
| Gifu Kitagata: Kazuyo Sejima - Gifu - Japan | p. 62 |
| Wozoco: MVRDV - Amsterdam - Netherlands | p. 70 |
| Housing Block on Borneo Island: Josep Lluis Mateo - Amsterdam - Netherlands | p. 76 |
| Java Eiland: Diener & Diener - Amsterdam - Netherlands | p. 84 |
| Rue Des Suisses: Herzog & de Mcuron - Paris - France | p. 92 |
| Casa in Maia: Eduardo Souto de Moura - Maia - Portugal | p. 100 |
| A Matter of Selection: Ramias Steinemann | p. 226 |
| Altamira: Rafael Iglesia - Rosario - Argentina | p. 108 |
| Jian Wai Soho: Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop - Beijing - China | p. 116 |
| Space Block Hanoi Model: Kazuhiro Kojima - Vietnam | p. 124 |
| Yerba Buena Lofts: Stanley Saitowitz & Natoma Architects - San Francisco - USA | p. 132 |
| Forsterstrasse: Christian Kerez - Zurich - Switzerland | p. 132 |
| Carabanchel: ArangurenGallegos - Madrid - Spain | p. 148 |
| AR 58: Dellekamp Arquitectos - Mexico City - Mexico | p. 156 |
| Cite Manifeste: Lacaton Vassal - Mulhouse - France | p. 164 |
| VM Houses: PLOT = BIG + JDS - Copenhagen - Denmark | p. 172 |
| Platform: Chiba Manabu Architects - Yokohama - Japan | p. 180 |
| Apartments on the Coast: Ofis Arhitekti - Izola - Slovenia | p. 190 |
| Nuovo Portello: Cino Zucchi Architetti - Milan - Italy | p. 198 |
| Perspectives | p. 204 |
| The Domestic City: Interview with Dietmar Eberle | p. 208 |
| End of the Modernist Housing Type: What happened to the architecture of housing in France? Dominique Boudet | p. 214 |
| Housing in Paris: Maria Vine | p. 222 |
| The Third Generation: The Latin American scene: Miquel Adria | p. 226 |
| Collective City Dwelling: Two emerging lifestyles in Tokyo: Jorge Almazan | p. 230 |
| Perspective of IKI: Erwin Viray | p. 238 |
| Found Books: Settings of domestic extravaganza in three recent discourses on architecture: Krunoslav Ivanisin | p. 244 |
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