More Water Less Land New Architecture SEA LEVEL RISE AND THE FUTURE OF COASTAL URBANISM
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ab 18 Jahr(e)
Erscheinungsdatum
26.09.2023
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Philip LangdonVerlag
AADR - Art Architecture Design ResearchSeitenzahl
176 (Printausgabe)
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5046 KB
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1. Auflage
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Englisch
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9783887789411
Climate change, and the inevitability of sea level rise, will require much more of us than simply pulling back from the coastline. The thesis of Weston Wright's More Water Less Land New Architecture is that we need to start thinking in an entirely different way about the relationship of cities to waterfront sites and of the relationship of buildings to water, which means rethinking many of architecture's implicit premises. If architecture has been confrontational with water-think bold towers erected beside the sea, as if to dare the water to challenge them-Wright's argument is that we will need to be modest, accommodating, and accepting of the power and presence of water if our cities are to survive. He knows that nature is stronger than we are, and that best chance mankind has to build successfully will be to build with, not against, the reality of water. This is an important book, not least because its quiet, sober tone balances natural history with architectural history, and reaches across the world to show examples of architecture that accommodates to the water ranging from small vernacular houses on stilts to huge megastructures anchored like islands in the sea. Although Wright's argument transcends aesthetics or style, his book is, in the end, a case for the strength that comes from restraint, and perhaps even for the lasting power of gentlenes
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