Container and Modular Buildings: Construction and Design Manual (Handbuch und Planungshilfe/Construction and Design Manual) - Softcover

Cornelia Dörries; Sarah Zahradnik; Jutta Albus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3869223014 ISBN 13: 9783869223018

Verlag: DOM publishers, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

Prefabricated housing is a pressing issue - for those looking­ for affordable homes as well as for refugees fleeing wars or natural disasters. In common with ­politicians, architects were caught unawares by the ­largest­ wave of migration since the end of the Second World War.­ ­However, are tent cities and containers the best solution for cheap, dignified, and quickly assem­bled accom­modation for displaced persons? This challenging situation, along with the changing urban landscape, with its ever-diminishing space, calls into question­ ­existing standards in relation to serial housing. Bold and unconventional ideas are called for if architects are to offer high-quality solutions. From eccentric experiments all the way to projects that have already been realised, international design teams present their work between the twin poles of unconventional developments and life-saving shelters in this volume spanning more than 250 ­pages. Introduced with articles on design principles, and divided into three sections according to the form the structures take when delivered - cuboid, panels and custom units - the book covers everything from playful follies to architectural constructions for the homeless and ­out­patient medical stations which offer a response to social problems and space shortages. The text, photo­graphs and plans put forward ideas as to how more can be done than the mere assembling of containers. Should we not first consider notions ­bordering on the absurd in order to come up with workable solutions for housing today?

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Cornelia Dörries, is an author and studied urban sociology in Berlin and Manchester. As a freelance author she primarily writes about urban development, urban history, architecture and interior design. She lives and works in Berlin. Sarah Zahradnik, is an architect and received her Masters degree in Architecture from the University of South Australia. She has worked in four different continents, including in architecture practices in Australia, Brazil, Mexico and Germany.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: DOM publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3869223014
• ISBN 13: 9783869223018
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
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