Temporary Tecture: Structures of Necessity

Author:   Kosmos Architects
Publisher:   Birkhauser
ISBN:  

9783035628654


Pages:   312
Publication Date:   21 April 2025
Format:   Paperback
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Temporary Tecture: Structures of Necessity


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Temporary structures, such as scaffolding, barriers, and building sites, ensure the functioning of multiple processes, from construction and deconstruction to maintenance, guidance, and protection. Temporary Tecture presents a new perspective on this type of contemporary vernacular architecture—often overlooked in both public and professional discourse, despite its omnipresence. This new approach reveals that these “structures of necessity” provide an architectural language from which architects can learn in terms of adaptability, use of local resources, circular economy, and conceptual radicalism. Ultimately, it raises the question: How permanent should architectural solutions be in a continuously changing world? With contributions by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Jan De Vylder and Philip Ursprung Numerous photographs of global, temporary structures

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Author:   Kosmos Architects
Publisher:   Birkhauser
Imprint:   Birkhauser
Weight:   0.402kg
ISBN:  

9783035628654


ISBN 10:   3035628653
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   21 April 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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KOSMOS is a team of architects based in Zurich and Graz with an artistic and research-based practice.

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