A New Nature - 9 Architectural Conditions Between Liquid and Solid

By Anders Abraham

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9783037784822

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A New Nature - 9 Architectural Conditions Between Liquid and Solid. “When we design and build buildings, naturally, we need to enter into an already existing context. Even so, many houses simply stand alone side by side, rather than identifying themselves with and becoming a part of the urbanity that connects and creates cohesion in the culturally created – the new nature.”

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A New Nature - 9 Architectural Conditions Between Liquid and Solid. A New Nature is a book about architecture as the organization of material. It unfolds an idea of working with architecture and urbanity as conditions rather than form. By experiencing cities and cultural landscapes as states of change, the author investigates their degree of organization between order and chaos: “When we design and build buildings, naturally, we need to enter into an already existing context. Even so, many houses simply stand alone side by side, rather than identifying themselves with and becoming a part of the urbanity that connects and creates cohesion in the culturally created – the new nature.”

The first part of the book develops an architectural language that connects material and meaning through nine states between liquid and solid, in order to achieve a qualified and sustainable approach to understanding the modern city in its continuous transformation. The book’s second part documents a number of project proposals and realized works that illustrate the usage of this architectural idiom. Including precise drawings and models, A New Nature introduces a new kind of spatial investigation.

Om A New Nature

Det er ifølge Anders Abraham i sammenhængen det går galt: “Dansk arkitektur har et problem med at skabe sammenhænge. Når vi tegner og bygger bygninger, skal vi jo ind i en allerede eksisterende kontekst. Alligevel står mange huse bare alene ved siden af hinanden, frem for at leve sig ind i hinanden og være en del af den urbanitet som forbin-der og skaber sammenhænge i det kulturskabte – den nye natur. Arkitektur er en til-stand som bygger på relationer, fordi det, der betyder noget den ene dag, enten mister sin betydning eller betyder noget andet den næste. Byen skabes i øjeblikket og det skal være centralt for vores overvejelser om byudvikling, at vi ikke kan holde på formen, men kan skabe rumlige og sociale tilstande i stedet.”

Kjeld Vindum, redaktør for Arkitekten, siger om A New Nature: “Det er i høj grad en billedbog. Mængder af fremragende tegninger og fotografier bringer os tæt på. Tæt på arbejdet med materialerne, helt ind i værkstedet/tegnestuen. Tæt på intense pro-cesser. Tæt på en meget talentfuld, passioneret og seriøst arbejdende arkitekt. En arkitekt som lukker os ind i sin verden for at åbne nye verdener.”

AuthorAnders Abraham
Format23 x 28 cm
Published2015
LanguageEngelsk
ISBN978-3-03778-482-2
PublisherLars Müller Publishers
BindingSoft cover
Page count600