Living Systems : Innovative Materials and Technologies for Landscape Architecture （2007. 191 p. w. 50 b&w and 250 col. figs. and 50 drawings. 24,5 x 27）

Margolis, Liat/ Robinson, Alexander

BIRKHÄUSER（2007発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 192 p.／サイズ 250 color, 50 b/w illus.
• 商品コード 9783764377007

基本説明

The sample projects are chosen from six European countries, the United States and Canada, Israel, Japan, China, and Australia.

Full 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.