Tschumi Parc de La Villette

Tschumi Parc de La Villette

Author: Bernard Tschumi

Publisher: Artifice Incorporated

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 9781908967442

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Tschumi Parc de la Villette is the first publication to document comprehensively Bernard Tschumi's first, and arguably still most celebrated project. With new and republished writing including a text by Bernard Tschumi and Anthony Vidler's "Trick-Track" originally published in 1986, alongside a newly-commissioned essay assesing the Parc from a contemporary and historical perspective, this book documents Parc de la Villette from its conception, through the 30 years of its existence, to the present. Tschumi Parc de la Villette includes drawings, concept sketches, models and photographs showing the development of the Parc over three decades, brought together in a single volume for the first time since the 1980s. One of the "Grands Projets" commissioned by the French Government in the 1980s, Parc de la Villette set a benchmark for urban parks in the latter part of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Tschumi constructed a series of follies across the site, creating what he called "the largest discontinuous building in the world". Published to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Parc, Tschumi Parc de la Villette broadly celebrates the project, and articularly the way in which it has been embraced by generations of Parisians and a diverse international public.


Bernard Tschumi: Parc de la Villette

Bernard Tschumi: Parc de la Villette

Author: Samantha Hardingham

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780415457880

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This title addresses the groundbreaking public space with art installations. Supported by an extensive illustrated section, this innovative text is an invaluable resource for any architecture student and an inspiring record of this fascinating project.


Architecture Concepts

Architecture Concepts

Author: Bernard Tschumi

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 784

ISBN-13:

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Philosophy and architecture by Bernard Tschumi.


Architecture and Disjunction

Architecture and Disjunction

Author: Bernard Tschumi

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1996-02-28

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780262700603

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Avant-garde theorist and architect Bernard Tschumi is equally well known for his writing and his practice. Architecture and Disjunction, which brings together Tschumi's essays from 1975 to 1990, is a lucid and provocative analysis of many of the key issues that have engaged architectural discourse over the past two decades—from deconstructive theory to recent concerns with the notions of event and program. The essays develop different themes in contemporary theory as they relate to the actual making of architecture, attempting to realign the discipline with a new world culture characterized by both discontinuity and heterogeneity. Included are a number of seminal essays that incited broad attention when they first appeared in magazines and journals, as well as more recent and topical texts.Tschumi's discourse has always been considered radical and disturbing. He opposes modernist ideology and postmodern nostalgia since both impose restrictive criteria on what may be deemed "legitimate" cultural conditions. He argues for focusing on our immediate cultural situation, which is distinguished by a new postindustrial "unhomeliness" reflected in the ad hoc erection of buildings with multipurpose programs. The condition of New York and the chaos of Tokyo are thus perceived as legitimate urban forms.


The Manhattan Transcripts

The Manhattan Transcripts

Author: Bernard Tschumi

Publisher: Wiley

Published: 1994-04-29

Total Pages: 63

ISBN-13: 9781854903815

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Through a set of theoretical drawings developed between 1976 and 1981. Bernard Tschumi argues that the disjunction between spaces and their use, objects and events, being and meaning is no accident today. But when this disjunction becomes an architectural confrontation, a new relation of pleasure and violence inevitably occurs. 'They found the Transcripts by accident ... a lifetime's worth of urban pleasures - pleasures that they had no intention of giving up. So when she threatened to run and tell the authorities, they had no alternative but to stop her. And that's when the second accident occurred ... the accident of murder ... They had to get out of the Park - quick. And the only thing which could help them was Architecture, beautiful trusting Architecture that they had used before, but never so cruelly or so selfishly ...


Notations

Notations

Author: Bernard Tschumi

Publisher: Artifice Incorporated

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 9781908967572

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NOTATIONS (Diagrams and Sequences) offers a unique view into the working process of Tschumi and his office. influenced international architectural culture.


Tschumi on Architecture

Tschumi on Architecture

Author: Enrique Walker

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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Architect and educator Bernard Tschumi is one of the most influential figures in architectural theory and practice. This fascinating volume presents, in a sequence of ten "conversations," his autobiography in architecture, from his conceptual proposals of the early 1970s through his major current buildings and projects. Tschumi approaches his work as the gradual construction of an argument. The conversations, drawn from a six-year series of interviews with critic Enrique Walker, represent that argument in an analysis of Tschumirs"s writings, buildings, and other works. The conversations offer a clear-eyed analysis of Tschumirs"s work, suggesting the interwoven relationship between the strategies of each individual design and the formation of the architectrs"s overarching theoretical project. Among the major works of architecture investigated are Parc de la Villette in Paris; Le Fresnoy National Studio for Contemporary Arts in Tourcoing, France; and the New Acropolis Museum in Athens. Also included are Tschumi's conceptual works and writings such as The Manhattan Transcripts and Architecture and Disjunction.


Chora L Works

Chora L Works

Author: Jacques Derrida

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 9781885254405

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Chora L Works documents the unprecedented collaboration, initiated in 1985, between philosopher Jacques Derrida and architect Peter Eisenman on a project for the Parc de la Villette in Paris. Woven into the volume are discussion transcripts, candid correspondence, and essays, as well as sketches, presentation drawings, and models. Derrida and Eisenman's design process was guided by Plato's chora text from the Timeaus; their unique reciprocal relationship was an interchange - and transformation - of voices.


The New Acropolis Museum

The New Acropolis Museum

Author: Dēmētrios Pantermalēs

Publisher: Skira Rizzoli

Published: 2009-09-29

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13:

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A comprehensive look at the eagerly anticipated New Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, and the celebrated collection it houses. Marking the opening of the New Acropolis Museum, this book examines both its architecture and the archaeological treasures it was built to house. The building addresses the dramatic complexities of the collection and the site with minimalist simplicity by using three main materials—glass, stainless steel, and concrete. "There’s no way at the beginning of the twenty-first century you can try to imitate even superficially the art of 2,500 years ago," Tschumi says. The "precision of the concept was really what counted." The book provides an in-depth look at the creation of the building, set only 280 meters from the Parthenon, as well as the restoration, preservation, and housing of its exhibits through over 200 photographs, drawings, and texts.