Title & Author:

Hortitecture : the power of architecture and plants / Almut Grüntuch-Ernst, IDAS Institute for Design and Architectural Strategies (eds.).

Publication:

Berlin : Jovis, [2018]

Description:

288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : Hortitecture: more nature within the artifact / Almut Grüntuch-Ernst -- Symposium 2014 : Vertical forest / Stefano Boeri -- Poetic combination / Fuensanta Nieto -- Green power / Jacob van Rijs -- Biosphere 3 / Tomás Saraceno -- Urban biodiversity & ecosystem services / Boris Schröder-Esselbach and Stefan Weber -- Growth as a concept / Ferdinand Ludwig and Daniel Schönle -- Houses for trees / Vo Trong Nghia -- Nature-city / Dan Wood -- Architectural psychology / Nicola Moczek -- Bio-integration / Ken Yeang -- Symposium 2016 : The gravity of plants / Alina Schick -- Urban water management / Daniel Roehr -- Closed-cycle food production / Gerhild Bornemann -- Green River Milano / Azzurra Muzzonigro -- Reinventing Paris / Marion Waller -- Living climate machine / Klaus K. Loenhart -- Supergreen / Christoph Ingenhoven -- Garden city mega city / Richard Hassell and Wong Mun Summ -- Symposium 2017 : Indoor landscapes / Gerhard Zemp -- Growing bridges / Wilfrid Middleton -- Cooling urban heat / Marco Schmidt -- Stacking green / Chris Precht -- Building landscapes / Maria Auböck -- Communication in plants / Dieter Volkmann -- Zero-acreage farming / Susanne Thomaier -- Sculpting mountains / Thomas Corbasson -- Textile farming / Niklas Weisel -- Farming textiles / Diana Scherer -- Green towers / Elisabeth Kather -- Outlook : Applied research -- Academic research.

Summary:

Plants and architecture: two seemingly opposite elements. How can we combine them to plan future cities that are closer to nature? What synergies can we explore? HORTITECTURE seeks to discover the creative and construction potentials of vital plant material, and explores its applications in ecosystem services and urban food production. Through research at the intersections of architecture, biology, and technology, IDAS (Institute for Design and Architectural Strategies) explores this topic with the aim of transferring the knowledge gained to the design of buildings. This book documents the projects, ideas, and experiences shared by thirty-three international experts at symposia held at TU Braunschweig. Their critical reflections advance the awareness and expertise needed to develop a nature-based urban architecture.

ISBN:

9783868595475 (paperback)
3868595473 (paperback)

Subject:

Sustainable architecture.
Plants in architecture.
Architecture durable.
Plantes en architecture.
Architecture and Planning.
Sustainable buildings.
Architecture Environmental aspects.

Added entries:

Grüntuch-Ernst, Almut, 1966- editor.
Technische Universität Braunschweig. Institut für Entwerfen und Gebäudelehre.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 304825
Call No.: BIB 250541
Status: Available