Portable Architecture : Design and Technology

ISBN-13: 9783764383244 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 159 str.

Robert Kronenburg

Opis

This book discusses the forerunners, present context, and technology of portable architecture. It documents numerous international examples, organized by areas of application, and offers a broad array of suggestions for practical design.

Spis treści

Preface

Introduction

 

 

Exhibition and Commerce

Renzo Piano Building Workshop: IBM Traveling Pavilion

James Law Cybertecture: Pacific Century Cyberworks Connect Kiosk Shops

LOT-EK: DIM Mobile Retail Unit

LOT-EK: Uniqlo Pop-Up Store

Shigeru Ban: Japan Pavilion

Shigeru Ban: Nomadic Museum

FTL Design Engineering Studio: Dyson Mobile Exhibition Pavilion

Tectoniks Ltd.: Spirit of Dubai Building

Inflate: Big M

Inflate: Unipart Structure

Inflate: Smirnoff Cube

Festo: Airtecture Air Hall

Festo: Airquarium

Entertainment

Rudi Enos, Valhalla

Toutenkamion, Screen Machine 2

AMP Arquitectos/Wilk Salinas, Bathing Ship

FTL Design Engineering Studio: Harley Davidson Machine Tent

Mark Fisher: U2 Vertigo Tour Stage Set

Mark Fisher: The Rolling Stones Bigger Bang Tour Stage Set

Mark Fisher: Superbowl Half-Time Shows

Shelter and Residential

Office of Mobile Design: Portable House

Richard Horden: micro-compact home

Paul Burchill and Hervé Delaby: Caravan of the Future

LOT-EK: Mobile Dwelling Unit

Arts and Education

Gruber + Popp Architekten: Mobile Museums

Gollifer Langston Architects: Classroom of the Future

Theo Jansen: Animarus Rhinocerus Transport

Tadao Ando Architect and Associates, Karaza Theatre

Military and Expedition

NASA: ISS TransHAB

Faber Maunsell: Halley VI

Weatherhaven: BHP Geological Survey Camp

 

Selected Bibliography

Index

Illustration Credits

O autorze

Robert Kronenburg ist Architekt und Professor an der University of Liverpool, deren Architekturfakultät er leitet.