Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:
Introduction Concept Form 13 --
TypoLounger, 2008 ArchiFurniture 22 --
A. Elliptical Cylindrical:
Dominican Republic, IFCA Master Plan, 2005 Elliptic City 34 --
Alésia, MuseoParc, 2002 Doubles 96 --
Athens, Bank, 2006 Plato's Academy 136 --
Rolle, Carnal Dome, 2009 Point d'orgue 148 --
La Roche sur Yon, Pedestrian Bridge, 2007 09 Architecture Structure 164 --
B. Banding Striation:
Dubai, Opera Island, 2005 Landscape Urbanism 198 --
C1. Superimposed:
Paris Saclay, EDF, 2009 Suspended Garden 222 --
Abu Dhabi, Media Zone Master Plan, 2008 09 70 Days 35 Options 256 --
Abu Dhabi, Media Zone, 2009 Links Shabaka 302 --
C2. Raised:
Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed Museum, 2007 Repetition and TopoTypes 330 --
Busan, Cinema Complex, 2005 Real Simple 358 --
D. Gridded Loop:
Singapore, Master Plan, 2008 Mediapolis 374 --
E. Discontinuity Repetition:
Paris, Pavillon de l'Arsenal, 2005 Concept Form as Objet Trouve: Paris Lollipops 388 --
Paris, Ile Seguin II, 2004 Cinematic Envelope 394 --
F. Linear Sequential Continuous:
The Hague, Passage and Department Store, 2005 Dutch Tiles 410 --
Toulouse, Airbus Delivery Center, 2004 Production Sequence 432 --
Aix, Courthouse, 2007 Architecture Parlante 444 --
Dallas, University of Texas Student Services Center, 2008 Inner Court 454 --
Lausanne Renens, ECAL School of Art and Design, 2006 07 Carving Wrapping 474 --
G. Faceted Folded Angular:
Lausanne, Interface Flon M2 Metro Station, 2003 09 Green Politics 494 --
New York City, BLUE Residential Tower, 2004 07 Code as Generator 516 --
Beijing, West Diaoyutai Tower, 2004 07 Mixed Use 542 --
Abu Dhabi, Housing Study, 2005 Duos 558 --
Bordeaux Cenon, Cultural Center, 2005 10 Black Glass Vector Red Metal Envelope 572 --
H. Filter Envelopes:
Paris, New Zoo de Vincennes, 2008 Formless Filters 606 --
Project Teams, Project List, Bibliography 625 --

In Event-Cities 4 Tschumi introduces the "concept-form": a concept generating a form, or a form generating a concept. The book documents recently built and theoretical projects in the context of his evolving views on architecture, urbanism, and design. This volume takes the interaction a step further, looking at a series of projects for which program or context are insufficient as a generative conceptual strategy, hence requiring a different approach. Tschumi has said, "Over the past years, there is one word I have almost never used, except in order to attack it: 'form.'" Here Tschumi introduces the "concept-form": a concept generating a form, or a form generating a concept, so that one reinforces the other. The concept may be programmatic, technological, or social. The form may be singular or multiple, regular or irregular. Concept-forms act as organizing devices or common denominators for the multiple dimensions of programs and their evolution over time, and drive the projects featured in this book. Highlights include master plans for a pair of media based work spaces and cultural campuses in Singapore and Abu Dhabi; a major master plan for a financial centre with 40,000 projected inhabitants in the Dominican Republic; the innovative Blue Residential Tower in New York City; a group of museums and cultural buildings in France, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and South Korea; a pedestrian bridge in France; and a "multi-programmatic" furniture piece, the TypoLounger. The book contains more than twenty of the Tschumi firm's projects and forward-looking designs of one of the world's leading architectural practices --