Surface/Subsurface

by Leatherbarrow, David; Mostafavi, Mohsen; Weiss, Marion; Manfredi, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781568987330
• ISBN10: 1568987331
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-01
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Summary

For nearly two decades the architecture firm Weiss/Manfredi has practiced outside the traditional boundaries of architecture. Their work with complex sites and programs benefits from an interdisciplinary approach and a dynamic integration of architecture, art, infrastructure, and landscape design.Surface/Subsurfacepresents nine major projects that have been completed since their first monographSite Specific, published in 2000.Their design process exemplary of the best contemporary architectural practices reveals potential in subsurface conditions with the goal of generating an entirely new language for the surface. Projects include the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, which wanders over a highway and train lines; the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, New York, which manipulates the movement of water, cars, and visitors; and the Smith College Campus Center in Northampton, Massachusetts, which transforms the brick campus into a luminous terracotta surface. Each project is fully documented through project photographs, drawings, details, and texts.

Author Biography

Weiss/Manfredi is a New York City-based multidisciplinary design practice founded in 1989 by Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi. In 2004 the firm was awarded an Academy Award in Architecture by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
Introduction	p. 8
Recovering Infrastructure: Extending Connections	p. 12
Conversation with Detlef Mertins	p. 14
Olympic Sculpture Park	p. 18
NYC2012	p. 54
Brooklyn Bridge Master Plan	p. 64
Inhabiting Topographies: Cultivation/Excavation	p. 76
Conversation with Detlef Mertins	p. 78
Museum of the Earth	p. 82
Brooklyn Botanic Garden	p. 100
International Retreat	p. 112
Leveraging Movement: Peripheral Vision	p. 126
Conversation with Detlef Mertins	p. 128
Smith College Campus Center	p. 132
Robin Hood Library	p. 152
Barnard Nexus	p. 160
Epilogue: Earth/Sky	p. 176
Studio	p. 198
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