Günter Pfeiffer, Per Brauneck: Freestanding Houses
A Housing Typology
WICKED! is about blood, violence, and weapons, about sex and genitals, bowels, bodily fluids, and decay. And yes, it is about design. It volatilely teases with physical and intense attractions and anxieties thrown onto everyday objects. One wonders: Who could I give it to?! From a distance we know how disgusting things can get, and usually we feel superiour to the wicked - or the bad taste. But it is thinkable for the observer to actually be revolting - to use objects and living beings in a way close to destruction, supression and decay. Just thinkable. For a moment. And then flip the page.
The leap it actually takes to realize what destruction and degradation are and how many other forms they take in our everyday lives needs quite a while. Our fascination with them is enjoyable from a distance. But right in the middle of the horror - of the waste of our energies - most of us would simply fold. In a hopeless, immobile situation that confronts us with our own destruction we do not know any answers.
WICKED! Design on the Edge of Bad Taste
ISBN 978-3-0346-0722-3
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TRANSFORMATION
Reading this book is like learning a 3D language!In over 1300 color pictures and drawings this bookoffers an access to the principles of designing 3D forms and surfaces. The basis of this hugecollection of forms is an analysis and structuring of the various types of forms and their interfaces. These form types with their many variations and possibilities to connect to each other can be beautifully memorized while flipping through the book and used later on in any kind of design process.
The leap it actually takes to realize what destruction and degradation are and how many other forms they take in our everyday lives needs quite a while. Our fascination with them is enjoyable from a distance. But right in the middle of the horror - of the waste of our energies - most of us would simply fold. In a hopeless, immobile situation that confronts us with our own destruction we do not know any answers.
WICKED! Design on the Edge of Bad Taste
ISBN 978-3-0346-0722-3
The BMW GUGGENHEIM LAB will be open in New York City from August 3 to October 16 before traveling to Berlin and 6 other cities. Part urban think tank, part community center and public gathering space, the Lab is conceived to inspire public discourse in cities around the world and through the BMW Guggenheim Lab website and online social communities.
BMW GUGGEBHEIM LAB
http://www.bmwguggenheimlab.org
TRANSFORMATION
Reading this book is like learning a 3D language!In over 1300 color pictures and drawings this bookoffers an access to the principles of designing 3D forms and surfaces. The basis of this hugecollection of forms is an analysis and structuring of the various types of forms and their interfaces. These form types with their many variations and possibilities to connect to each other can be beautifully memorized while flipping through the book and used later on in any kind of design process.
TRANSFORMATION
Basic Principles and Methodology of Design
ISBN 978-3-7643-0255-6
Freestanding Houses To develop existing building types in an intelligent way is a crucial task in residential building. This volume deals with the types of freestanding houses, whose all-around orientation allows for the optimal arrangement of all dwellings. The range of possible solutions is presented in uniform ground plans and sections newly drawn to scale.
Softcover, 120 pages
50 b/w illus., 200 drawings
23.0 x 28.0 cm
ISBN 978-3-0346-0073-6 ENG
ISBN 978-3-0346-0072-9 DE
EUR net 29.90
US$ 44.95
50 b/w illus., 200 drawings
23.0 x 28.0 cm
ISBN 978-3-0346-0073-6 ENG
ISBN 978-3-0346-0072-9 DE
EUR net 29.90
US$ 44.95
Housing Typology Series
Courtyard Houses This volume deals with the various types of the courtyard house, which utilizes the courtyard as an intimate outdoor living space. A presentation of the courtyard as a building block of the city is followed by coverage of the complete spectrum of types—cluster, network, carpet, terraces, etc.
Günter Pfeiffer, Per Brauneck: Courtyard Houses
A Housing Typology
Softcover, 112 pages
34 b/w illus., 183 drawings
23.0 x 28.0 cm
ISBN 978-3-7643-7840-0 ENG
ISBN 978-3-7643-7839-4 DE
EUR net 29.90
US$ 44.95
34 b/w illus., 183 drawings
23.0 x 28.0 cm
ISBN 978-3-7643-7840-0 ENG
ISBN 978-3-7643-7839-4 DE
EUR net 29.90
US$ 44.95
Row Houses This book is devoted to the various types of row house, a particularly widespread form of residential structure. A general discussion of the row as organizing principle—the row as urban building block, linear space, ways of handling corners—is followed by the systematic presentation of the different types.
Günter Pfeiffer, Per Brauneck: Courtyard Houses
A Housing Typology
Softcover, 112 pages
51 b/w illus., 210 drawings
23.0 x 28.0 cm
ISBN 978-3-7643-7838-7 ENG
ISBN 978-3-7643-7837-0 DE
EUR net 29.90
US$ 44.95
51 b/w illus., 210 drawings
23.0 x 28.0 cm
ISBN 978-3-7643-7838-7 ENG
ISBN 978-3-7643-7837-0 DE
EUR net 29.90
US$ 44.95
Town Houses This volume of the series on residential buildings deals with the different types of the townhouse. The authors present them according to urban constellation: row, twin-row, block perimeter and infill sites.
Günter Pfeiffer, Per Brauneck: Courtyard Houses
A Housing Typology
Softcover, 128 pages
48 b/w illus., 212 drawings
23.0 x 28.0 cm
ISBN 978-3-7643-8610-8 ENG
ISBN 978-3-7643-8609-2 DE
EUR net 29.90
US$ 44.95
48 b/w illus., 212 drawings
23.0 x 28.0 cm
ISBN 978-3-7643-8610-8 ENG
ISBN 978-3-7643-8609-2 DE
EUR net 29.90
US$ 44.95
