Title & Author:

Solid fluid biotic : changing alpine landscapes / edited by Thomas Kissling.

Publication:

Zurich, Switzerland : Lars Müller Publishers, [2021]
[New York, NY] : distributed in North America by ARTBOOK / D.A.P.
©2021

Description:

207 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
"Vogt Landscape Architects, ETH Zurich, Department of Architecture (D-ARCH), Network City and Landscape (NSL), Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS), Chair of Günther Vogt"--Title page.
"...the contributions by Vogt Landscape Architects and the Chair of Günther Vogt at ETH Zurich address the Alps and their dynamics with a view to a broader context at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. This book documents the works exhibited while creating an extensive space of reference along the motifs of the exhibition posts entitled Solid, Fluid, Biotic."--Foreword.
Includes bibliographical references.
Translated from German.

Summary:

The Alpine region is characterized by a great diversity in all spatial dimensions and qualities. This circumstance is not to be read primarily as the result of adfirst of all as an expression of the alpine topography, determined ministrative drawing of borders, but at the same time by intensive cultivation by humankind.00However, the assumption that this configuration, seen against a background of massive rocks and steep ridges, is a steady formation would be misleading. For the Alps are not a stable structure, but a dynamic and sensitive organism. Here, boundaries are ceaselessly overcome and continuously shifted. This goes hand in hand with a change in perception and is conditioned by natural dynamics, transforming cultural practices and the bridging of topographical obstacles, whereby the Alps are not only opened up internally, but at the same time integrated into an overall European context. Thus, over a long period of time, a space was created in which the most diverse things came together and were interwoven with the local. However, this principle of interaction is increasingly giving way to a one-sided claim from the outside. At the same time, the nature and manner of human access have themselves taken on geological dimensions.00In the context of the 17th Venice architecture biennial, contributions by Vogt Landscape Architects and the Chair of Günther Vogt at ETH Zurich, Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies illuminate individual manifestations of this dynamic landscape with a view to hydrological, biological and geological aspects. The book documents the contributions at the Biennale and complements them with scientific essays, artistic works and comprehensive photographs taken during field trips to the Alps.0.

ISBN:

3037786779 paperback
9783037786772 paperback
9783037786901 German
3037786906

Subject:

Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten.
Hillside landscape architecture Alps.
Mountain ecology Alps.
Hillside landscape architecture.
Architecture du paysage à flanc de coteau.
Écologie des montagnes Alpes.
Mountain ecology
Landschaftsentwicklung
Alps.
Alpen.

Form/genre:

Bildband.
Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Kissling, Thomas, editor.
Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten.
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich.
International Architectural Exhibition (17th : 2021 : Venice, Italy)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315151
Call No.: 315151
Copy: 1
Status: Available