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'Typology', volume 2 of the new series 'Christ & Gantenbein
Review', presents more than 150 buildings located in Rome, New
York, Hong Kong and Buenos Aires that have been analysed by the
chair of Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein at the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. This selective and
subjective inventory of metropolitan and essentially anonymous
20th-century building production provides a basis for urban project
creation. In this new book, the buildings are documented with floor
plans, axonometric projections, recent photographs and key
information. The theoretical essay by Emanuel Christ and Christoph
Gantenbein and four texts by other authors explain the interactions
between the contexts, especially the governing urban rule sets and
the buildings, and show the potential for the design of a
contemporary urban architecture. Text in English and German
Typology 2 follows up on the preceding and successful Typology,
published in 2012. Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein together
with their teaching staff and students at ETH Zurich expanded their
research on building typology to four more metropolises, again in
Europe, Latin America, and Asia: Paris, Delhi, Sao Paulo, and
Athens. 180 buildings were analysed over the past two years to find
inspiration and models that can be adapted for the local context of
any given city. Each example is documented with an image, site and
floor plans, axonometric projection, key data, and a brief
description. An introduction and four essays on the interaction
between various protagonists and in particular the effect of
governing local building regulation again show the potential for
contemporary urban architecture. The result is again a rich
sourcebook of great practical value for students, lecturers and
practitioners of architecture. Essays by the authors, and Anupam
Bansal and Philippe Simon.
Christ & Gantenbein Review is a new series of books edited by
Swiss architects Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein, in which
they explore issues and topics arising from their architectural
work. 'Pictures From Italy', the series' initial volume, also
represents Christ & Gantenbein's first architectural project
after they had setup their studio in Basel. The pictures were shot
during a six week journey throughout Italy in 1999. The journey
itself and the images seen and taken proved to be of fundamental
influence to Christ & Gantenbein's entire work since. Intending
to look at historical architecture, in a quasi-unhistorical way,
with the contemporary view of the 21st century, they chose Italy in
search for absolute timelessness. In 'Pictures From Italy' these
pictures are juxtaposed with images of Christ & Gantenbein's
built projects, making traceable the lasting impact of their
Italian journey on their realised buildings in Switzerland and
abroad. There is no direct causal relationship between Italy and
their architecture. Yet this book aims to illustrate Christ &
Gantenbein's general architectural philosophy and not at
delineating an architectural genealogy of their work. It expresses
the continuity of the architectural through the coexistence of the
pictures. Text in English and German.
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