Hermann Kaufmann ist ein Pionier des modernen Holzbaus in Europa. Sein in den letzten 25 Jahren entstandenes Œuvre – vom Gewerbebau über Wohnanlagen, Gemeindezentren und Schulen bis zu Hotels – spiegelt die Wende von der klassischen Holzbautechnik zu den Möglichkeiten neuer Holzwerkstoffe wider. Das Buch gibt Einblick in Kaufmanns technische und räumliche Innovationen und ermöglicht durch Detaildarstellungen eine vertiefte Auseinandersetzung mit seinem Werk, für das er mit dem „Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2007" ausgezeichnet wurde.
Emerging Architecture provides an editorial platform for pioneering work. Emerging Architecture will present topical developments in Austrian building design and, occasionally, examples of forward-thinking practices from neighboring nations. Each year a new volume in the series will be published and accompanied by an exhibition at the Architektur Zentrum Wien. The focus is on young architectural offices whose built work embodies new and independent concepts that reach beyond the local discourse."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Emerging Architecture 3 präsentiert Bauten und Projekte von riccione, Holz Box Tirol, one room huber/meinhart, franz sam, Feyferlik / Fritzer, weichlbauer/ortis, AllesWirdGut, PPAG Anna Popelka Georg Poduschka, RATAPLAN und pool. Der dritte Band dieser Reihe ergänzt die vorangehenden zu einer "österreichischen Trilogie".Die Vielfalt profunder Haltungen in der jüngeren Generation zwischen Wien und Vorarlberg, Tirol und Steiermark ist nun durch insgesamt 30 vorgestellte Teams prägnant umrissen. Die folgenden Sichtungen werden die Perspektive erweitern und auch Bauten und Teams aus den Nachbarländern umfassen.Das Motto "Beyond Architainment" kommentiert die generelle Tendenz der Auswahl. Emerging Architecture sucht nicht nach spektakulären Novitäten. Das hysterische Propagieren und Verabschieden von Stilen und Slogans im Sinne des medialen Ausreizens der "Ökonomie der Aufmerksamkeit" dominiert heute die publizistische Realität der Baukunst. Dies fordert natürlich konträre Standpunkte heraus. Emerging Architecture ist in diesem Sinn keine Modeschau, sondern ein Schaufenster für Architekturen, die das Abbildbare hinter sich lassen. Die Wirklichkeit der hier gezeigten Baukunst ist nicht das, was den Raum so fotogen auffüllt, sondern primär das, was diese Räume - konkret, sinnlich und nachhaltig nutzbar - im Fluss des Lebens in Gang setzen.
marte.marte have completed strikingly unique buildings in Western Austria, which has a rich variety of good architecture. In contrast to the typical tectonics of wood construction in Vorarlberg, marte.marte’s work is monolithic, also in concrete. And in contrast to the compact volumes of older and newer buildings in the alpine region, marte.marte also gives the surrounding and exterior spaces of their projects precise tectonics as well. Their spatial compositions – which are only block-like masses at first glance – receive their exterior dynamics from their interiors. Whether it be concrete, wood, rammed earth, metal or glass, marte.marte always purify the material with disciplined details that serve the essential spatial experience of light and shadow, open and shaded areas, narrowness and breadth as well as inside and outside. ‘marte.marte’ features synoptic photo essays and text analyses that show the strong bond between the architects and the values of the region as well as their conceptual, sensual explorations into the realm of universal themes: section versus plan, weight versus lightness..., form versus life.
The town of Schlins in Vorarlberg has long been a Mecca for all those with an interest in clay construction. On the steep southern slope, the clay builder Martin Rauch worked together with Zurich architect Roger Boltshauser to erect his new artist's residence. From its foundation all the way to its flat roof, it is made entirely of excavated soil from the site on which it is built: the floors and arched ceilings, the plasterwork on ceiling and walls, the washstands, tiles, and stairs -- all are made from the single material clay in its various forms. The house is a show house as well as the document of a unique collaboration. At the same time, it is a striking example of how, with the structural and design limitations of this "soft" and massive building technique, a spatially and tectonically adequate design can be achieved -- and how an archaic building technique can be used in a contemporary manner. With today's renewed focus on energetic and ecological consequences, clay construction, with its special ecological, organic, and aesthetic qualities, is again becoming a subject of widespread interest. The structure presented in this book has received national and international awards and represents a milestone in the field.
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