Site Specific

by Weiss, Marion; Manfredi, Michael A.; Robbins, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781568982083
• ISBN10: 1568982089
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Pr

Summary

That the architecture of Weiss/Manfredi resists stylistic or typological pigeonholing is a tribute not only to the variety of work this New York-based firm has completed, but also, more importantly, to the intelligence and sensitivity of their approach to design. Their work is both intellectually rigorous and eminently legible; it works at a grand scale, yet it pays meticulous attention to the constructed detail. Many of their projects capitalize on the hybrid conditions created by the intersection of the city, infrastructure, and the landscape, locating the focus of the work at a point somewhere between zones of urbanity and intimacy. The projects presented in this monograph include the competition-winning designs for the Women's Memorial and Education Center at Arlington National Cemetery and the Olympia Fields Park and Community Center in Illinois; urban infrastructure proposals, such as their interventions at the Brooklyn Bridge and Columbus Circle in New York, and interior renovations, including those at Columbia University.

Table of Contents

The Cultivated Landscape	6	(4)
Terence Riley
Working in the Present	10	(10)
Mark Robbins
Site and Memory	20	(24)
Women's Memorial and Education Center
Veterans Park
World War II National Memorial
Infrastructure's Landscape	44	(18)
Route 1-9
Bridging the Gaps: Pedestrian Study
Flushing Master Plan and Transportation Study
Full Circle: Invited Designs for Columbus Circle
Constructing the Site	62	(36)
Olympia Fields Park and Community Center
New Schools for New York
Trinity College Performing Arts Center
Gardens at Tuxedo Park
Yale University Boathouse
Museum of the Earth: Paleontological Research Institution
Surfaces and Settings	98
Fedora's Room
Columbia University Projects
Vengerik Penthouse
Kafko Dental Clinic
National Institute for Architectural Education Gallery Installation
John A. Hartford Foundation