projects, provocations, and other enduring models Weiss, Marion creator Manfredi, Michael A. Bellin, Eric Weiss/Manfredi Architects text monographic eng

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495 p. : ill. ; col. ; plans ; maps ; 30 cm. "In an era when the dual challenges of climate change and social isolation loom large, Drifting Symmetries emerges as a pivotal exploration of architecture's role in shaping a sustainable and connected future. Weiss/Manfredi's groundbreaking work transcends the boundaries between landscape, infrastructure, and architecture by reinventing sites in response to environmental and social challenges. Presented in this comprehensive volume of projects and parallel research, their work demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach that invents new settings for public life by exploring the gradient between nature and architecture. Featuring Weiss/Manfredi's most acclaimed built works alongside historical precedents and insights from Thom Mayne, Barry Bergdoll, Walter Hood, Nader Tehrani, Tatiana Bilbao, James Corner, Meejin Yoon, Rahul Mehrotra, Hashim Sarkis, Sarah Whiting, and many others, Drifting Symmetries is more than a showcase of projects; it is a manual for expanding the terrain of architecture to construct more resilient settings for contemporary life"--From page [4] of cover 6 Introduction Marion Weiss & Michael A. Manfredi -- 10 Essay: Expanded Practice Thom Mayne -- Premise: 14 Constructing Grounds The Olympic Sculpture Park and Other Evolving Sites -- Projects : 49 Brooklyn Botanic Garden -- 77 La Brea Tar Pits Museum and Park -- 91 Kent State CAED -- 109 Longwood Gardens -- 125 McCann Residence -- 141 Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park -- Premise : 166 Lines of Movement Of Promenades, Registrations, and Flows -- Hybrids and Enduring Models -- 187 Khaju Bridge -- 199 Ljubljanica Riverwalk -- 211 Sydney Opera House -- 221 Rockefeller Center -- 231 Hillside Terrace -- 243 Leca Pools -- Reflections : 257 Contributions by Yoon, Whiting, Tiantian, Tehrani, Sarkis, Sample, Mehrotra, Lewis, Leers, Leatherbarrow, Neri & Hu, Hood, Pezo von Ellrichshausen, Eigen, Davis II, Corner, Bilbao, & Bergdoll -- Hybrids and Enduring Models -- 279 Agrasen Ki Baoli -- 293 George Washington Bridge Bus Station -- 305 Spanish Steps -- 315 Brooklyn Heights Promenade -- 325 Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts -- 335 Park Güell -- Premise : 348 Cultivating Connections Infrastructure of Engagement -- Projects : 369 Tata Innovation Center at Cornell Tech -- 385 Artis Naples Baker Museum -- 403 Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine -- 415 U.S. Embassy in New Delhi -- 427 Marshall Family Performing Arts Center -- 441 Tsai Center for Innovation Thinking -- Premise: 454 Surface Presence From Earth to Sky -- 487 Acknowledgments -- 489 Contributors -- 491 End Notes -- 492 Credits -- Weiss/Manfredi Weiss/Manfredi Architects ARCHITECTURE / General Architecture environmental aspects Architecture and society Architecture durable Illustrated works Sustainable architecture NA737.W398 A4 2024 9783038603788 3038603783 pucpr 260122 20260122150045.0 eng