Concrete in Switzerland
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Présentation
A groundbreaking work resulting from the collaboration between the three major Swiss Architectural Archives and the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel. A historical assessment of the most controversial building material of our time, concrete, made by addressing a number of issues of global relevance from a particular vantage point: reinforced concrete construction in Switzerland. Through contributions by internationally renowned researchers, the book analyses a series of moments in the Swiss history of reinforced concrete, from the initial phase of its introduction in the country to the most refined applications in architecture and engineering.
Sommaire
- Curatorial Statement
- Message from the Director of the S AM
- ESSAYS
- Switzerland, A Technological Pastoral / Laurent Stalder
- Beton is a State of Mind: On the Representation of Concrete in Swiss Cinema / Marcel Bächtiger
- Nature, Science, and Enterprise: The Origins of the Success of Reinforced Concrete in Switzerland. The Introduction, Diffusion, and Supersedence of the Hennebique System / Salvatore Aprea
- Between Constraint and Freedom to Innovate: Swiss Standards to Innovate / Aurelio Muttoni
- The N2 Chiasso–Saint Gotthard Motorway: Design and Construction of One Hundred and Forty-Three Kilometres of Reinforced Concrete / Ilaria Giannetti
- Reinforced Country Below Ground / Silvia Berger Ziauddin
- Terraced Hillside Housing Architectures. When Vineyards Gave Way to Swiss Families / Lorenzo Stieger
- The Swiss Principle of Béton Brut: ‘Betonkonstruktion’. A Debate between Theory and Practice, 1940s–1960s / Silvia Groaz
- Gesamtschweizerische Plattenbau – Large-Panel Construction in Switzerland. The IGECO Heavy Prefabrication System in Göhner Housing Estates: Serial Production and Variations (1965–1977) / Giulia Marino
- The Pluralities of the Possible / Martin Tschanz
- ‘In our country, it is practically impossible not to build in concrete’. Brief Notes on Exposed Reinforced Concrete in the Architecture of Ticino / Nicola Navone
- Concrete in the Early Works of Herzog and de Meuron / Roberto Gargiani
- Southern Fragments of Swiss Asbestos-Cement, 1940 to 2040 / Hannah le Roux
- CONCRETE STORIES / Sarah Nichols
- Introduction
- Concrete is Rock
- Concrete is Underground
- Concrete is Energy
- Concrete is Second Nature
- Concrete is Monolithic
- Concrete is Composite
- Concrete is Immaterial
- Concrete is Praxis
- Concrete is Fluid
- Image Credits
- Author biographies
Informations
Editeur : EPFL Press
Collection : Architecture
Publication : 2 décembre 2021
Edition : 1ère édition
Support(s) : Livre papier
Nombre de pages Livre papier : 288
Format (en mm) Livre papier : 210 x 270
Poids (en grammes) : 1070
Langue(s) : Anglais
EAN13 Livre papier : 9782889153534
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