EM2N-City Factory -

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Editeur : Park Books Ag

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/11/2023

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 502.0

Expédition : 1700

Dimensions : 35 x 21.9 x 40.0

ISBN : 9783038600862

Résumé :

How do our cities evolve, what forces drive their evolution, and how exactly do they change as a result? Zurich-based architecture firm EM2N has been working on urban transformation processes ever since its establishment in 1997. Initially, the firm's main focus was on the greater Zurich area, yet in recent years they have also developed and realized projects in Berlin, Brussels, and Hamburg. Over time, a diverse body of work has grown, more than half of which consists of conversions of existing buildings, resulting in numerous successes and a few failures, small structures and large-scale complexes, quick decisions and slow processes. What unites the designs, projects, and texts featured in this first monograph on EM2N is a profound interest in the concept of the city as an exciting, contradictory, and above all productive space of human life that the founding partners Mathias M?ller and Daniel Niggli have maintained throughout their twenty-five years of collaboration.

In EM2N-City Factory they offer a self-critical review of their achievements and also speak about learning processes, personal interests, and conceptual approaches to future tasks in ever-changing cities. This is supplemented with contributions from fellow architects and friends as well as with a wealth of photographs, plans, drawings, and other illustrations.

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Biographie:

Medine Altiok ist?Architektin?und f?hrte ihr eigenes B?ro in Z?rich?und Aachen. Sie unterrichtet an der ETH Z?rich, der BILGI Universit?t in Istanbul und der Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.

Mathias M?ller und Daniel Niggli gr?ndeten 1997 das Architekturb?ro EM2N mit Sitz in Z?rich und Berlin. Beide unterrichteten als Gastprfessoren an der EPFL Lausanne und der ETH Z?rich. Zurzeit arbeitet das B?ro an Projekten in der Schweiz, Deutschland und Belgien. Bei rund der H?lfte der Projekte handelt es sich um Umbauten. Zu ihren bekanntesten Bauten z?hlen das Toni-Areal und die Viaduktb?gen in Z?rich.

Caspar Sch?rer ist Architekt und Publizist. Seit 2013 lehrt er als Dozent f?r Architekturkritik an der ETH Z?rich, seit 2017 ist er zudem Generalsekret?r des BSA. 2008-2013 war er Redaktor bei werk, bauen + wohnen.

Sommaire:

How do our cities evolve, what forces drive their evolution, and how exactly do they change as a result? Zurich-based architecture firm EM2N has been working on urban transformation processes ever since its establishment in 1997. Initially, the firm's main focus was on the greater Zurich area, yet in recent years they have also developed and realized projects in Berlin, Brussels, and Hamburg. Over time, a diverse body of work has grown, more than half of which consists of conversions of existing buildings, resulting in numerous successes and a few failures, small structures and large-scale complexes, quick decisions and slow processes. What unites the designs, projects, and texts featured in this first monograph on EM2N is a profound interest in the concept of the city as an exciting, contradictory, and above all productive space of human life that the founding partners Mathias M?ller and Daniel Niggli have maintained throughout their twenty-five years of collaboration.

In EM2N-City Factory they offer a self-critical review of their achievements and also speak about learning processes, personal interests, and conceptual approaches to future tasks in ever-changing cities. This is supplemented with contributions from fellow architects and friends as well as with a wealth of photographs, plans, drawings, and other illustrations.