Surface/Subsurface

Name: Surface/Subsurface
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ISBN: 9781568987330

ISBN-10: 1568987331

ISBN-13: 9781568987330

Edition: 2007

Authors: David Leatherbarrow, Mohsen Mostafavi, Marion Weiss, Michael Manfredi

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For nearly two decades the architecture firm Weiss/Manfredi has practiced outside the traditional boundaries of architecture. Their work with complex sites and programs benefits from an interdisciplinary approach and a dynamic integration of architecture, art, infrastructure, and landscape design.Surface/Subsurfacepresents nine major projects that have been completed since their first monographSite Specific, published in 2000. Their design process exemplary of the best contemporary architectural practices reveals potential in subsurface conditions with the goal of generating an entirely new language for the surface. Projects include the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, which wanders over…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Publication date: 11/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 9.63" wide x 11.50" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 2.574
Language: English

David Leatherbarrow is Professor of Architecture and Chairman of the Graduate Group in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mohsen Mostafavi is the director of the Architectural Association in London.



Foreword



Introduction



Recovering Infrastructure: Extending Connections


Conversation with Detlef Mertins


Olympic Sculpture Park


NYC2012


Brooklyn Bridge Master Plan


Inhabiting Topographies: Cultivation/Excavation


Conversation with Detlef Mertins


Museum of the Earth


Brooklyn Botanic Garden


International Retreat


Leveraging Movement: Peripheral Vision


Conversation with Detlef Mertins


Smith College Campus Center


Robin Hood Library


Barnard Nexus


Epilogue: Earth/Sky


Studio