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FHNW Publication | «Beyond Concrete–Strategies for a Post-Fossil Baukultur»
FHNW Publication | «Beyond Concrete–Strategies for a Post-Fossil Baukultur»
How will we plan and build in the future? In view of the finite nature of our resources, a rethink is also required within the building industry. For this it needs a constructively motivated design culture that shows new ways of dealing with building materials.
Beyond Concrete. Strategies for a Post-Fossil Baukultur aims on the one hand to provide an overview of the current environmentally relevant challenges of building, and on the other hand to point out concrete strategies and present projects that exploit hitherto underused potentials and contribute to the development and unfolding of constructive ideas for the future. The first part, entitled “Status Quo. The Need for Fundamental Change”, brings together theoretical studies on historical backgrounds, scientific foundations and material-related developments within the building sector. The second part, titled “Circular Construction. Keeping What’s Good”, focuses on the potentials of reusing components and buildings. The third part, “Possible Constructive Futures. Exemplary Projects”, features three architects whose projects represent possible constructive futures and thus provide a positive view of the future.
With contributions by Brussels Cooperation, Kim Förster, Harquitectes, Anupama Kundoo, Axel Schubert, Zirkular and essays by Annette Helle, Axel Humpert, Barbara Lenherr, Dominique Salathé, Tim Seidel and Harald R. Stühlinger.
«Beyond Concrete–Strategies for a Post-Fossil Baukultur»
Triest Verlag für Architektur, Design und Typografie, Zürich © 2022
FHNW Institut Architektur, Annette Helle, Barbara Lenherr (eds.)
Book design: Bosco Ferreira, Basel, and Nguyen Gobber, Vienna
German / English, 192 pages, ca. 100 images 18 × 24 cm, softcover SFr. 39.–, Euro [D] 39.–, Euro [A] 40.–
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