Kengo Kuma

Breathing Architecture

Ulrich Schneider

132 pages, parution le 29/05/2008

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Kengo Kuma's Teahouse is a masterly reinterpretation of a classical Japanese building type. Delivered in August 2007 for the Park of the Frankfurt Museum of Applied Arts (a Richard Meier Building), Kuma's innovative structure in flexible, semi-transparent, 'breathing' Tenara-Membrane - inflated by means of a pneumatic system to a blossom-like form - houses in the interior the classical elements for Japanese tea ceremony. Integrated LED technology allows the use of the teahouse at night; the interior can be heated by way of the membrane.

The monograph, including an original text by Kuma himself, gives an in-depth documentation of this lyrical temporary structure - an outstanding example of ephemeral architecture, combining poetry and technology - with many unpublished sketches, technical plans and with splendid colour photographs.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Birkhäuser
Auteur(s)	Ulrich Schneider
Parution	29/05/2008
Nb. de pages	132
Format	24 x 22
Couverture	Broché
Poids	580g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9783764387877
ISBN13	978-3-7643-8787-7