Concrete in Switzerland – Histories from the Recent Past

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Av Salvatore Aprea, Nicola Navone, Laurent Stalder, Sarah Nichols, Salvatore Aprea, Nicola Navone

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A groundbreaking work resulting from the collaboration between the three major Swiss architectural archives and the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel. Concrete in Switzerland is a historical assessment of the most controversial building material of our time: concrete. The book addresses a number of issues of global relevance from a particular vantage point: reinforced concrete construction in Switzerland. Through contributions by internationally renowned researchers, Concrete in Switzerland analyzes a series of moments in the Swiss history of reinforced concrete, from the initial phase of its introduction in the country to the most refined applications in architecture and engineering. Groundbreaking and thorough, Concrete in Switzerland explores the history and application of a contentious material.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-05-20
Mått215 x 281 x 25 mm
Vikt1 070 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagPresses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes
ISBN9782889153534

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Salvatore Aprea is an architect and architectural historian. He is a scientist and curator of the Archives de la construction moderne. He has published several essays, books, and periodicals about the history of concrete. Nicola Navone is the vice-director of the Archivio del Moderno at the Academy of Architecture of Mendrisio, Switzerland. Laurent Stalder is a full professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Sarah Nichols is assistant professor of architecture at Rice University.

Switzerland, A Technological Pastoral / Laurent StalderBeton is a State of Mind: On the Representation of Concrete in Swiss Cinema / Marcel BächtigerNature, Science, and Enterprise: The Origins of the Success of Reinforced Concrete in Switzerland. The Introduction, Diffusion, and Supersedence of the Hennebique System / Salvatore ApreaBetween Constraint and Freedom to Innovate: Swiss Standards to Innovate / Aurelio MuttoniThe N2 Chiasso–Saint Gotthard Motorway: Design and Construction of One Hundred and Forty-Three Kilometres of Reinforced Concrete / Ilaria GiannettiReinforced Country Below Ground / Silvia Berger ZiauddinTerraced Hillside Housing Architectures. When Vineyards Gave Way to Swiss Families / Lorenzo StiegerThe Swiss Principle of Béton Brut: ‘Betonkonstruktion’. A Debate between Theory and Practice, 1940s–1960s / Silvia GroazGesamtschweizerische Plattenbau – Large-Panel Construction in Switzerland. The IGECO Heavy Prefabrication System in Göhner Housing Estates: Serial Production and Variations (1965–1977) / Giulia MarinoThe Pluralities of the Possible / Martin Tschanz‘In our country, it is practically impossible not to build in concrete’. Brief Notes on Exposed Reinforced Concrete in the Architecture of Ticino / Nicola NavoneConcrete in the Early Works of Herzog and de Meuron / Roberto GargianiSouthern Fragments of Swiss Asbestos-Cement, 1940 to 2040 / Hannah le RouxCONCRETE STORIES / Sarah NicholsIntroductionConcrete is RockConcrete is UndergroundConcrete is EnergyConcrete is Second NatureConcrete is MonolithicConcrete is CompositeConcrete is ImmaterialConcrete is PraxisConcrete is Fluid