Nonlinear Design of Architecture - From Sendai to Europe (Architecture Masters Forum Series)

Author: Toyo Ito & Associates (Japan)
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: The Mediatheque in Sendai, Japan, is a comprehensive building designed for libraries, art museums, and cinema halls. It was designed in 1995, construction began in 1997, and it was completed in 2000. It has been open to the public for nearly five years. This book focuses on this building, with the theme of "Hypermodernity," dividing its key aspects in design, construction, and use into 56 topics for detailed introduction and analysis. The book is arranged in chronological order, providing in-depth insights into the designer's ideas, methods, construction techniques, and public feedback during its use. Particularly when describing the daily life of the public within the building, the writing is extremely detailed and vivid, as if the reader is wandering through it. Naturally, the book guides the reader's attention from Sendai back to Europe in the end. It highlights several European projects, including the Brussels 2002 Grand Pavilion, the beautiful hot spring facility—Trebbia, the Serpentine Gallery—Grand Pavilion 2002, and the Arlemira Municipal Library competition entry, deepening the reader's understanding and appreciation of such buildings. This book is suitable for architects and students and faculty of architecture schools for reference.