Grounds and Envelopes

Providing a source of vision for the revitalisation of ground and envelope as spatial elements that can inform the search for embedded locally specific architectures, this book collects essays and projects that each contributes a particular element to what might constitute an integrated and richly nuanced approach to spatial organisation. Projects include:

• Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Brazilian Pavilion, Osaka World Expo 1970, Osaka, Japan
• RCR Arquitectes: Marquee at Les Cols Restaurant, Olot, Girona, Spain
• Weiss / Manfredi, Seattle Art Museum: Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, Washington, USA
• Peter Eisenman, City of Culture of Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Plasma Studio and Groundlab, Xi’an Horticultural Expo, Longgang, China
• Foreign Office Architects, Yokohama International Ferry Terminal, Yokohama, Japan
• Nekton Studio, Turf City, Reykjavik, Iceland
• Alvaro Siza, Swimming Pool, Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
• Eduardo Souto de Moura, Braga Municipal Stadium, Braga Portugal
• MVRDV, Villa VPRO, Hilversum, Netherlands
• Bernard Tschumi, Le Fresnoy Art Centre, Tourcoing, France
• OCEAN, World Centre for Human Concerns, New York City, USA
• R&Sie(n), Spidernethewood, Nîmes, France
• Toyo Ito, Serpentine Pavilion, London, England
• Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós, Olympic Archery Range, Barcelona, Spain
• Kengo Kuma, GC Prostho Museum Research Centre, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
• Cloud 9, MediaTic, Barcelona, Spain
• Diller, Scofidio and Renfro, Blur Building, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, Swiss National Expo

With an abundance of built and un-built key projects available, it is now possible to outline the contours of a new discourse. This book initiates a new beginning in this direction so that architecture can partake in the creation of heterogeneous space and culturally, socially and environmentally sustainable built environments.

CONTENTS

• Foreword: The crisis of the object today by David Leatherbarrow
• Foreword:Grounds and Envelopes by Alejandro Zaera-Polo
• Introduction: En-Route to Non-Discrete Architecture
• 1. Space 2. Grounds 3. Envelopes 4. Environments 5. Locality 

• Project 01. Brazilian Pavilion, Osaka Project, PAULO MENDES DA ROCHA
• 02. Brazilian Museum of Sculpture, Sao Paolo Project, PAULO MENDES DA ROCHA
• 03. Spreebogen, Berlin Project, ANDREW ZAGO
• 04. Marquee at Les Cols Restaurant, Girona Project, RCR ARQUITECTES
• 05. Seattle Art Museum Project, Seattle, WEISS/MANFREDI
• 06. Meydan, Istanbul Project, FOREIGN OFFICE ARCHITECTS
• 07. City of Culture of Galicia, Santiago de Compostela Project, PETERNEISENMAN
• 08. Xi’an Horticultural Expo, Longgang Project, PLASMA STUDIO AND GROUNDLAB
• 09. A Thousand Grounds, Berlin Project, MICHAEL HENSEL, CHUL KONG, NOPADOL LIMWATANAKUL AND JOHAN BETTUM
• 10. Yokohama International Ferry Terminal, Yokohama Project, FOREIGN OFFICE ARCHITECTS
• 11. Turf City, Reykjavik Project, NEKTON STUDIO
• 12. Braga Municipal Stadium, Braga Project, EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA
• 13. Swimming Pool, Leça da Palmeira Project, ALVARO SIZA
• 14. Asphalt Spot, Tokamashi Project, R&SIE(N)
• 15. Geopark Playground, Stavanger, HELLEN & HARD

• Project 16. Villa VPRO, Hilversum Project, MVRDV
• 17. Palazzo del Cinema, Venice Project, STEVEN HOLL
• 18. Le Fresnoy Art Centre, Tourcoing Project, BERNARD TSCHUMI
• 19. World Centre for Human Concerns, New York City Project, OCEAN
• 20. Wall House, Santiago de Chile Project, FAR – FROHN AND ROJAS
• 21. 3 Seaside Second Homes, Norway Project, JOAKIM HOEN
• 22. Spidernethewood, Nîmes Project,  R&SIE(N), FRANCOIS ROCHE, STEPHANIE LAVAUX, JEAN NAVARRO WITH NICOLAS GREEN
• 23. Serpentine Pavilion, London Project, TOYO ITO
• 24. Czech National Library, Prague Project, OCEAN AND SCHEFFLER + PARTNER
• 25. Olympic Archery Range, Barcelona Project, ENRIC MIRALLES AND CARME PINOS
• 26. GC Prostho Museum Research Centre, Torii Matsu Machi Project, KENGO KUMA
• 27. Endesa Pavilion, Barcelona Project, IAAC – INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE OF CATALONIA
• 28. Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn Project, SEAN LALLY WEATHERS IN COLLABORATION WITH MORRIS ARCHITECTS
• 29. MediaTic, Barcelona Project, CLOUD 9
• 30. Blur Building, Yverdon-les-Bains, DILLER, SCOFIDIO AND RENFRO
• Bibliography Index Author Biographies

280 pages, 282 colour illustrations, 10 colour line drawings / 22 x 27,5 cm / English