Ornament is currently acquiring a renewed status in architecture. As contemporary technologies of design and fabrication introduce unprecedented opportunities to intertwine the constructive logics and expressive articulations of buildings, ornament has re-emerged as a means to explore the interactions between function and decoration, volume and surface, structure and envelope.
This book gives a systematic account of the technologies employed in the production of ornament and the strategies of its application today, examining a range of international built examples. Architects with particularly advanced approaches to the question of ornament contribute reports and reflections on their experiences: Sam Jacob of Fashion Architecture Taste (FAT), London Andreas Hild of Hild und K Architekten, Munich and Alejandro Zaera-Polo of Foreign Office Architects (FOA), London.
Table of Contents:
Kapitel : Aufbringen
Einleitung
Bellemo amp Cat, Polygreen House
Splitterwerk, Frog Queen
Lyons Architects, Victoria University Training Center
Herzog amp de Meuron, Bibliothek Eberswalde
Hild und K Architekten, Sportwissenschaftliches Institut BFTS
Dietrich Untertrifaller Architects, Walch's Event Catering Center
Wiel Arets Architects, Universitätsbibliothek Utrecht
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Kapitel 2: Perforieren/Schneiden
Einleitung
Claesson Koivisto Rune, Sfera Building
Klein Dytham architecture, Leaf Chapel
Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Aoba-Tei Restaurant
Atelier Hitoshi Abe with Asao Tokolo, Pachinko Tiger Kagitori
a Architects, Hairywood
AAVP Architecture, Résidence André de Gouveia
Herzog amp de Meuron, De Young Museum
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Kapitel 3: Schichten
Einleitung
Essay: Sam Jacob, " Die Oberfläche als Manifest"
Faulders Studio, Airspace Tokyo
FAT, Villa in Hoogvliet
Foreign Office Architects, John Lewis Department Store
Kumiko Inui, Louis Vuitton Hilton Plaza
Kumiko Inui, Dior Ginza
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Kapitel 4: Formen/Gießen
Einleitung
Essay: Andreas Hild, " Gebäude Gebilde Gemenge"
Rüdiger Lainer, Büro- and Fitnesscenter
Rüdiger Lainer, Mehrfamilienhaus
Lyons Architects, Mornington Center
Hild und K Architekten, Fassadensanierung
FAT, Kunstakademie Sint Lucas
Herzog amp de Meuron, 4 Bond Street
Valerio Olgiati, Atelier Bardill
Kengo Kuma, Chokkura Plaza
Kumiko Inui, Shin-Yatsushiro-Monument
Wiel Arets, Living Madrid
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Kapitel 5: Stapeln/Kacheln
Einleitung
Essay: Alejandro Zaera-Polo, " Muster und Strukturen"
Foreign Office Architects, Spanischer Pavillon, Expo 2 5
Foreign Office Architects, Sozialer Wohnungsbau Carabanchel
Hild und K Architekten, Haus in Aggstall
PTW Architects, Nationales Schwimmzentrum (Water Cube)
Gramazio amp Kohler, Fassade Weingut Gantenbein
Coelacanth and Associates, Liberal Arts and Sciences College
SHoP, 29 Mulberry Street
About the Author :
Ben Pell unterrichtet an der Yale School of Architecture in New Haven, Connecticut und leitet das Büro PellOverton architecture research + design in New York
Sam Jacob leitet das Büro Fashion Architecture Taste in London
Andreas Hild leitet das Büro Hild und K Architekten in München
Alejandro Zaera-Polo leitet das Büro Foreign Office Architects in London
Ben Pell, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, Connecticut, PellOverton architecture research + design, New York.
