Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110796930
Shinkenchiku
Anonim
Shinkenchiku
Shinkenchiku Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Shinkenchiku book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Tokyo Urbanism: From Hinterland To Kaiwai
Masami Kobayashi
Author : Masami Kobayashi
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789811283666
Tokyo Urbanism: From Hinterland To Kaiwai by Masami Kobayashi Pdf
Arguably one of the most iconic mega-cities in Asia, Tokyo, the capital of Japan, plays an important economic and cultural role. It has been featured in various media as a liveable city with a well-developed public transport system. Yet, what international media coverage often misses out are its unique neighbourhoods and districts. Known as kaiwai, they are scattered in a mosaic from downtown Tokyo to its suburbs, exemplifying a type of urbanism wholly unique to Asia and foreshadowing a future vision which suggests regional autonomy in a post-COVID-19 world.In this book, the authors thoroughly investigate the city's multi-layered spatial and sociocultural aspects, introducing a side of Tokyo little known to the world at large. Readers who are only familiar with Tokyo's depiction as an ultra-modern city will appreciate the book's insights into the kaiwai phenomenon, the pre-modern urban structure of Edo city, and contemporary Tokyo's Asian urbanism, including traditional community activities such as local festivals, the formation of new communities by old and new residents, and intimate community life using a network of alleys. Combining urban planning, sociological, anthropological and architectural perspectives, the book's interdisciplinary approach looks at Tokyo from the peripherical to the kaiwai-level.
Architecture and Politics in Nigeria
Nnamdi Elleh
Author : Nnamdi Elleh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317179351
Architecture and Politics in Nigeria by Nnamdi Elleh Pdf
In 1975, the Nigerian authorities decided to construct a new postcolonial capital called Abuja, and together with several internationally renowned architects these military leaders collaborated to build a city for three million inhabitants. Founded five years after the Civil War with Biafra, which caused around 1.7 million deaths, the city was envisaged as a place where justice would reign and where people from different social, religious, ethnic, and political backgrounds would come together in a peaceful manner and work together to develop their country and its economy. These were all laudable goals, but they ironically mobilized certain forces from around the country in opposition against the Federal Government of Nigeria. The international and modernist style architecture and the fact that the government spent tens of billions of dollars constructing this idealized capital ended up causing more strife and conflict. For groups like Boko Haram, a Nigerian Al-Qaida affiliate organization, and other smaller ethnic groups seeking to have a say in how the country’s oil wealth is spent, Abuja symbolized everything in Nigeria they sought to change. By examining the creation of the modernist national public spaces of Abuja within a broader historical and global context, this book looks at how the successes and the failures of these spaces have affected the citizens of the country and have, in fact, radicalized individuals with these spaces being scene of some of the most important political events and terrorist targets, including bombings and protest rallies. Although focusing on Nigeria’s capital, the study has a wider global implication in that it draws attention to how postcolonial countries that were formed at the turn of the twentieth century are continuously fragmenting and remade by the emergence of new nation states like South Sudan.
The Hybrid Practitioner
Caroline Voet,Eireen Schreurs,Helen Thomas
Author : Caroline Voet,Eireen Schreurs,Helen Thomas
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789462703322
The Hybrid Practitioner by Caroline Voet,Eireen Schreurs,Helen Thomas Pdf
Exploring different, interrelated roles for the architect and researcher The practice of architecture manifests in myriad forms and engagements. Overcoming false divides, this volume frames the fertile relationship between the cultural and scholarly production of academia and the process of designing and building in the material world. It proposes the concept of the hybrid practitioner, who bridges the gap between academia and practice by considering how different aspects of architectural practice, theory, and history intersect, opening up a fascinating array of possibilities for an active engagement with the present. The book explores different, interrelated roles for practicing architects and researchers, from the reproductive activities of teaching, consulting and publishing, through the reflective activities of drawing and writing, to the practice of building. The notion of the hybrid practitioner will appeal strongly to students, teachers and architectural practitioners as part of a multifaceted professional environment. By connecting academic interests with those of the professional realm, The Hybrid Practitioner addresses a wider readership embracing landscape design, art theory and aesthetics, European history, and the history and sociology of professions.
Toyo Ito
Toyoo Itō
Author : Toyoo Itō
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCSD:31822032168643
Toyo Ito by Toyoo Itō Pdf
The Architectural Documents series sees the publication of the first monograph on one of the most extraordinary figures on the contemporary architectural scene, Toyo Ito of Japan (b. 1941). Since the 1970s Ito has been carrying out research into building materials, light and space, research which has led him to design buildings that he himself has defined as "non material": aerial structures, fluid and permeable spaces which avoid rigid compositional geometries. Over the years Ito has gradually simplified his language, and his work, the structure of which has increasingly lost importance, can be studied as a series of variations on the layering of the facade. His obsession with lightness and transparency are expressed to the full in the most important work of his creative career, the Sendai Mediatheque (1995-2001). This book, with an exceptional body of illustrations, presents the Japanese architects most significant projects, starting with the Aluminium House of 1970-1 through to the most recent project for the Mahler 4 office block in Amsterdam (2000-1). The appendix includes a complete list of Toyo Ito's works, a selection of his writings, as well as a biographical summary and up-to-date bibliography.
Responding to Chaos
David N Buck
Author : David N Buck
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136748295
Responding to Chaos by David N Buck Pdf
A celebration of a unique culture and its experience of design, this sensitive text is a timely examination of Japanese design at the start of a new century. The country's economic boom in the 1980s produced a surge of interest in land and building, and consequently in design in all its forms. From restaurant interiors to products, from private housing to recreational spaces, design received an unprecedented degree of attention. However the bursting in the early 1990s of this so-called 'bubble' economy has prompted a re-examination of design and its role in urban society.
The Japanese House
Pippo Ciorra,Florence Ostende
Author : Pippo Ciorra,Florence Ostende
Publisher : Marsilio
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8831725769
The Japanese House by Pippo Ciorra,Florence Ostende Pdf
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'The Japanese House: architecture & life after 1945,' this catalogue contains a vast selection of photographs, drawings, projects and analyses offering a comprehensive overview of Japanese residential architecture from the post-war period to the present day. 13 thematic sections present different aspects of the research, documenting the work of archistars such as Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima and Kenso Tange, the contributions of architects less well known outside Japan and the experimentation of the younger generations. In parallel, essays by the curators and by Hiuroyasu Fujiola and Kenjiro Hosaka, along with biographies of all the architects, painstakingly map the country's domestic architecture"--
Maekawa Kunio and the Emergence of Japanese Modernist Architecture
Jonathan M. Reynolds
Author : Jonathan M. Reynolds
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001-07-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0520921410
Maekawa Kunio and the Emergence of Japanese Modernist Architecture by Jonathan M. Reynolds Pdf
Japanese architecture's commanding presence on the world stage can be traced to the struggles of earlier generations of Japan's modernist architects. This first book-length study of Maekawa Kunio (1905-1986) focuses on one of the most distinctive leaders in Japan's modernist architectural community. In a career spanning the 1930s to the 1980s, Maekawa's work and critical writing put him in the vanguard of the Japanese architectural profession. Jonathan Reynolds illuminates Maekawa's role as a bridge between prewar and postwar architecture in Japan, focusing particularly on how he influenced modernism's ambivalence regarding "tradition" and contemporary practice and the importance of technology in modernist design and ideology. Maekawa studied architecture at the prestigious Tokyo Imperial University before moving to Paris in 1928 to work with Le Corbusier. The latter experience had a powerful impact on Maekawa; he became an advocate for Le Corbusier and modernism when he returned to Japan two years later. Throughout his career Maekawa designed residential, commercial, and government buildings in Japan and abroad. He became particularly well known internationally for his approach to public architecture, especially museums and public spaces such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Festival Hall. These projects illustrated the principles that earned Maekawa the respect and admiration of architects the world over. Carefully researched, with numerous illustrations that complement discussions of Maekawa's principal projects, Reynolds's book will be welcomed in the fields of architecture and design. It will also attract readers interested in twentieth-century Japan, for in addition to highlighting Maekawa's architectural career, Reynolds portrays the broader cultural context within which Maekawa and other Japanese architects and artists sought to be heard and recognized.
Wind Tunnels and Experimental Fluid Dynamics Research
Jorge Colman Lerner,Ulfilas Boldes
Author : Jorge Colman Lerner,Ulfilas Boldes
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789533076232
Wind Tunnels and Experimental Fluid Dynamics Research by Jorge Colman Lerner,Ulfilas Boldes Pdf
The book "Wind Tunnels and Experimental Fluid Dynamics Research" is comprised of 33 chapters divided in five sections. The first 12 chapters discuss wind tunnel facilities and experiments in incompressible flow, while the next seven chapters deal with building dynamics, flow control and fluid mechanics. Third section of the book is dedicated to chapters discussing aerodynamic field measurements and real full scale analysis (chapters 20-22). Chapters in the last two sections deal with turbulent structure analysis (chapters 23-25) and wind tunnels in compressible flow (chapters 26-33). Contributions from a large number of international experts make this publication a highly valuable resource in wind tunnels and fluid dynamics field of research.
Points and Lines
Stan Allen
Author : Stan Allen
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568981554
Points and Lines by Stan Allen Pdf
This text collates Stan Allen's writings and projects that propose architectural strategies for the contemporary city. It presents speculative texts outlining Allen's general principles with specific projects created by his office in an interplay of theory and practice. Projects include: the Cardiff Bay Opera House, Wales; the Korean-American Museum of Art, Los Angeles; the Museo del Prado, Madrid; and White Columns Gallery, New York. Each project is accompanied by explanatory text as well as drawings, models, photographs and computer renderings.
Wind Tunnel Designs and Their Diverse Engineering Applications
Noor Ahmed
Author : Noor Ahmed
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789535110477
Wind Tunnel Designs and Their Diverse Engineering Applications by Noor Ahmed Pdf
This book is intended to be a valuable addition to students, engineers, scientists, industrialists, consultants and others providing greater insight into wind tunnel designs and their enormous research potential. It is a compilation of works from world experts on subsonic and supersonic wind tunnel designs, applicable to a diverse range of disciplines. The book is organised in two sections. The first section comprises of three chapters on various aspects of stationary and portable subsonic wind tunnel designs, followed by one chapter on supersonic wind tunnel and the final chapter discusses a method to address unsteadiness effects of fan blade rotation. The second section contains four chapters regarding wind tunnel applications across a multitude of engineering fields including civil, mechanical, chemical and environmental engineering.
Global Tokyo
Jiewon Song
Author : Jiewon Song
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811534959
Global Tokyo by Jiewon Song Pdf
This book examines heritage-led regeneration and decision-making processes in Tokyo’s urban centres of Nihonbashi and Marunouchi. Detailing some of the city’s most prominent and recent redevelopment projects, Jiewon Song recognizes key institutions and actors; their collective actions as placemakers; and how they project the authenticity of urban places in planning processes. Song argues that heritage-led regeneration tends to monopolize authenticity by weakening the visibility of other cultural and historic qualities in urban places. Authenticity consequently turns into a singular entity leading to the homogenization of urban places. As cities increasingly seek authenticity in the urban age, nation-states initiate top-down processes to achieve such ends, interweaving nationalism and national narratives into placemaking practices. In this fashion, Song challenges existing scholarship on urban conservation, global cities and the notion of authenticity.
The Culture of Building
Howard Davis
Author : Howard Davis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780199880546
The Culture of Building by Howard Davis Pdf
The Culture of Building describes how the built world, including the vast number of buildings that are the settings for peoples everyday lives, is the product of building cultures--complex systems of people, relationships, building types, techniques, and habits in which design and building are anchored. These cultures include builders, bankers, architects, developers, clients, contractors, craftspeople, building inspectors, planners, and many others. The product of these cultures, which operate building after building, is the built world of cities and settlements. In this book, Howard Davis uses historical, contemporary, and cross-cultural examples to describe the nature and influence of these cultures. He shows how building cultures reflect the general cultures in which they exist, how they have changed over history, how they affect the form of buildings and cities, and how present building cultures, which are responsible for the contemporary everyday environments, may be improved. Following the development of the idea of building cultures using several historical examples, the book lays out a framework that puts such topics as craft and professionalism, the vernacular and nonvernacular, and design and construction in common frameworks. Although the book ranges widely over different cultures and historical periods, it emphasizes the transformations that took place in architecture and building practice from the late eighteenth century to the present. Finally, the book uses a series of contemporary examples that demonstrate the building culture as a living concept. These examples, which include built work as well as innovative processes that go beyond the work of architects alone, are described as the seeds that can help the emergence of a better build world. This beautiful book features over 260 color and black-and-white illustrations, most from the authors extensive collection of slides, and includes photographs, prints, and drawings from historical archives and contemporary architectural offices.
Dissecting the Danchi
Tatiana Knoroz
Author : Tatiana Knoroz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811684609
Dissecting the Danchi by Tatiana Knoroz Pdf
The book is the first to explore the history and political significance of the Japanese public housing program. In the 1960s, as Japan's postwar economy boomed, architects and urban planners inspired equally by Western modernism and Soviet ideas of housing as a basic right created new cityscapes to house populations turned into refugees by the war. Over time, as Japan's society aged and the economy began to stagnate, these structures have become a burden on society. In this closely researched monograph on the conditions of Japanese housing, Tatiana Knoroz sheds unexpected light on the rise and fall of the idea of social democracy in Japan which will be of interest to historians, architects, and scholars of Asian economic modernization.
Emergent Architectural Territories in East Asian Cities
Peter G. Rowe
Author : Peter G. Rowe
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783034610599
Emergent Architectural Territories in East Asian Cities by Peter G. Rowe Pdf
This book presents current developments in city planning and architecture in East Asia. It describes the many neighborhoods in which the region’s large cities are modernizing or expanding with innovative structures and advanced construction projects. It combines a typology of public structures with an analysis of the compositional principles of urban environments. Thus, it finally connects new developments in city planning with new developments in architecture, and considers examples such as CCTV, Lujiazui, Kansai Airport, Xinyi, Taipei 101, Chek Lap Kok, Cheonggyecheon, Roppongi Hills, Da Shanzi, Shahe, Omotesando, and Marina Bay from a new perspective.And the new perspectives presented here are not just theoretical: some forty full-page bird’s eye views prepared especially for this volume show these future urban settings in highly detailed images of breathtaking beauty. The result is a rich portrait of the coming together of global and local influences in non-Western countries. With its systematic approach, this presentation by one of the leading international experts in the field is a reference work on a topic of central importance to the world of construction today.