Venturing Permanence: The ETH House of Science in Bamiyan - Couverture rigide

Brnic, Ivica; Graf, Florian; Rossbauer, Wolfgang; Lenart, Christina

 
9783856762100: Venturing Permanence: The ETH House of Science in Bamiyan
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3856762108 ISBN 13 : 9783856762100
Editeur : Gta Verlag, 2013

Synopsis

Bamiyan, Afghanistan, is inseparably connected to the devastating destruction of the Buddha-statues by the Taliban in 2001. However, in Bamiyan there is also a university, a place of perspectives and hope, located in this crisis affected region. For this university the three architects Ivica Brnic', Florian Graf and Wolfgang Rossbauer erected the House of Science of the ETH Zurich, a centre for studies and encounter, in 2006. The book records the building six years after its opening, tells the story of this cultural transfer and discusses the role of architecture in the context of international interventions in areas of conflict.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Bamiyan, Afghanistan, is inseparably connected to the devastating destruction of the Buddha-statues by the Taliban in 2001. However, in Bamiyan there is also a university, a place of perspectives and hope, located in this crisis affected region. For this university the three architects Ivica Brnic', Florian Graf and Wolfgang Rossbauer erected the House of Science of the ETH Zurich, a centre for studies and encounter, in 2006. The book records the building six years after its opening, tells the story of this cultural transfer and discusses the role of architecture in the context of international interventions in areas of conflict.

Biographie de l'auteur

When they were still students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich the architects Ivica Brnic, Florian Graf, and Wolfgang Rossbauer won a competition which led to the realization of the House of Science. Together with the architect Christina Lenart, they compiled the documentation of the project in its actual context.

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Éditeur
Gta Verlag
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3856762108
ISBN 13 
9783856762100
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
140
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Personne responsable
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