Living Systems: Innovative Materials and Technologies for Landscape Architecture - Hardcover

Margolis, Liat; Robinson, Alexander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3764377003 ISBN 13: 9783764377007

Verlag: Birkhäuser, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

The use of innovative new materials is an important trend in landscape architecture today. These materials include biodegradable geotextiles, super-absorbent polymers, and plants that react to changing soil conditions. This book presents the available materials and technologies in the context of practical applications.

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Liat Margolis is a landscape architect and industrial designer. She trained at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, two of the most prestigious institutions in her field. She acquired practical experience at the firm Michael Van Valkenburgh and Associates in Cambridge, MA and as Director of Material Research at the world-famous firm Material ConneXion in New York, whose representatives advise architects, designers, engineers, fashion professionals, and other interested parties on the properties and applications of new materials.

Von der hinteren Coverseite

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 redefines the conventional boundaries of landscape materiality by 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, construction photographs and an analysis of the various complex systems featured, such as vertical growth structures, flood prevention, stormwater infiltration, erosion control, and the integration of digital media.

Projects featured include works by West8, GROSS.MAX, Weiss-Manfredi Architects, Field Operations, Kathryn Gustafson, and Vogt Landschaftarchitekten.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Birkhäuser
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3764377003
• ISBN 13: 9783764377007
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 191
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: De Gruyter GmbH; productsafety@degruyterbrill.com; ; Genthiner Straße 13; Berlin; 10785; Deutschland