Building Across Worlds : : International Projects by Architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner / / ed. by Christian Schittich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DETAIL eBook Package English 2001-2018
• MitwirkendeR: Czaja, Wojciech,; Hamm, Oliver G.,; Jaeger, Falk,; Matzig, Katharina,; Rappaport, Nina,; Schittich, Christian,; Tietz, Jürgen,
• HerausgeberIn: Schittich, Christian,
• Place / Publishing House: München : : DETAIL, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: DETAIL Special
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.) :; Numerous photos and drawings

Over the past 50 years, the architectural office von Gerkan, Marg und Partner has realised 400 projects worldwide – from single-family homes to cultural edifices and office buildings, from transport facilities to master plans. Many of the buildings were constructed throughout Asia – yet how to build in the cultural environment and on the proper scale in China and Vietnam, for example? What sort of knowledge can be transferred from construction work in Europe – and how much do construction projects, in their sociologically and culturally familiar contexts, benefit from the experienced gained there? Various principles, conditions and times determine the context in which gmp operates. The extract included herein from the gmp portfolio draws parallels between current domestic and international projects, while supplemental references to earlier buildings offer a look back at the office's development.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Content -- From Simplicity and Structural Order -- Raising the Curtain on Building Culture -- The Fourth and Fifth Quality of Building -- Arvo Pärt’s Game of Dice and the Kings at the Lake -- Feng Shui, Interrelationships and Parametric Design -- The Stadium as a Stage for the Choreography of the Masses -- From Here to There -- New Public Dialogues -- Project Credits -- About the Office -- Authors -- Picture Credits