Name: Encounters and Positions
Brand: Birkhäuser
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ISBN: 9783035607154

Das Buch gibt einen Überblick über die aktuelle japanische Architektur, ihre Gestaltungskonzepte sowie ihre vielfältigen Bezüge. Dreizehn Architekten stellen in Interviews und anhand exemplarischer Entwürfe ihre Entwurfsmethodologien vor und geben Einblicke in die Grundlagen und Hintergründe ihres Schaffens; darunter junge Architekten, die aktuell international Bekanntheit erlangt haben, Architekten, die innerhalb der japanischen Architektur eigenständige Haltungen vertreten, sowie die Pritzkerpreisträger Toyo Ito und Fumihiko Maki. Das Buch zeigt, wie sich die Architekten auf Ästhetik, Raumkonzeptionen sowie Tradition in Japan - und ausserhalb - beziehen. Darüber hinaus vermitteln sechs ergänzende Texte Grundlagen und Geschichte der japanischen Architektur.

Now as before, Japanese architecture is very popular in Europe and the western world. This publication provides an overview of its many design concepts and cross-references. Using design examples and interviews, the book presents thirteen current positions.The publication focuses on young architects who take up extremely independent positions within Japanese architecture, as well as on Pritzker Prize winners Toyo Ito and Fumihiko Maki. Six essays by European specialists on Japan provide supplementary insights into the aesthetics and space concepts of Japanese architecture, making cross-references to Japan’s architectural history, and explaining current lines of development. The book thus combines a self-reflective approach with an outsider’s analytical view.

Architecture in Japan

Encounters and Positions

Susanne Kohte, Prof. i. V. an der TH Köln; Hubertus Adam, Architekturkritiker; Daniel Hubert, Dipl.-Ing. Architekt

Prof. Susanne Kohte, University of Applied Sciences, Cologne; 
Hubertus Adam, architecture critic 
Daniel Hubert, architect

<UL>
<LI>Macht die Vielfalt der zeitgenössischen japanischen Architektur anschaulich </LI>
<LI>Verbindet selbstreflexive Positionen mit analytischer Außenbetrachtung </LI>
<LI>Auf der Basis einer erfolgreichen Veranstaltungsreihe an der Technischen Hochschule Köln </LI>
</UL>

<UL>
<LI>Paints a picture of the diversity of contemporary Japanese architecture </LI>
<LI>Combines self-reflective positions with an outsider’s analytical view </LI>
<LI>Based on a successful series of events at University of Applied Sciences Cologne </LI>
</UL>

All new on the eastern front Now as before, Japanese architecture is very popular in Europe and the western world. This publication provides an overview of its many design concepts and cross-references. Using design examples and interviews, the book presents thirteen current positions.The publication focuses on young architects who take up extremely independent positions within Japanese architecture, as well as on Pritzker Prize winners Toyo Ito and Fumihiko Maki.  Six essays by European specialists on Japan provide supplementary insights into the aesthetics and space concepts of Japanese architecture, making cross-references to Japan’s architectural history, and explaining current lines of development. The book thus combines a self-reflective approach with an outsider’s analytical view. 
Paints a picture of the diversity of contemporary Japanese architecture 
Combines self-reflective positions with an outsider’s analytical view 
Based on a successful series of events at University of Applied Sciences Cologne 


All new on the eastern front Now as before, Japanese architecture is very popular in Europe and the western world. This publication provides

Encounters and Positions

Architecture in Japan

Edited by: Susanne Kohte, Hubertus Adam, Daniel Hubert