Natural Metaphor

by Mateo, Josep Lluis

• ISBN13: 9788496954083
• ISBN10: 8496954080
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-28
• Publisher: Actar
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Summary

Written by cross-disciplinary authors across Europe, Asia and America, this is a compilation of articles and images on using forms in nature for diverse design approaches and perspectives. Nature has rendered poetic potential to stimulate, as a metaphor, the design process. From formal, conceptual, geometrical to literal engagements, the scope of potential correlations between nature and design is as far reaching as the human imagination. The Eth Zurich is a renowned European architecture institute. This is the third book in their acclaimed series.

Table of Contents

Natural Metaphor	p. 6
Essays
Nature and Architecture	p. 10
Treetops - A Learning Landscape	p. 22
Change of Nature	p. 29
The Large Area	p. 36
Landscape and the City	p. 42
Frozen Music	p. 44
Matter and Time	p. 52
New Orleans Now	p. 60
Water - Valencia Heading for the Sea	p. 68
Earth - In Vi No Veritas	p. 74
Insulation Concrete	p. 82
Scenery of Nature	p. 88
The Sun Also Shines Today	p. 94
Voices
Close Encounter	p. 100
The Production of Reality	p. 112
Ordinary Beauty	p. 124
Theory, Practice and Landscape	p. 132
We Are Nature	p. 142
Local and Global	p. 148
Found papers
10 Assertions on Architecture and Science	p. 158
"I Would Prefer Not to"	p. 160
Darwin on Our Desk	p. 164
Architecture Is	p. 166
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