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Book recommendation: 'Wendepunkte im Bauen: Von der seriellen zur digitalen Architektur' |
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23-07-2010
In 1959, Konrad Wachsmann, the architect of Albert Einstein's house in Caputh in Brandenburg, published the book 'Wendepunkte im Bauen'. It became the epochal manifest for the consequent industrialisation of building. Fifty years later, the Architekturmuseum of TU Munich, in conjunction with department chairs in supporting structure planning and architectural informatics, traces the effects and the meaning of this classic work. On the occasion of the exhibition 'Wendepunkte im Bauen: Von der seriellen zur digitalen Architektur', a catalogue of the same name has been published. Wachsmann believed that pre-construction of the various structural parts at the factory and installation on the building site should replace the usual construction operations. In the publication, texts and images explain the transformation of building into serial architecture: from Munich's crystal palace, the Tetrahedral Tower of Graham Alexander Bell and Konrad Wachsmann's aeroplane hangar, to Jean Prouvé's Maison Tropicale through to Renzo Piano's IBM Pavilion. Wachsmann, who emigrated to the USA in 1941 and created a prefabricated house system there with Walter Gropius, developed a construction system for great halls for the US aerospace industry. In the process, he created the basis for the forming of standard elements of industrially constructed, widely spanned room frameworks. After the Second World War, Wachsmann’s ideas had great influence on international architects, engineers and building enterprises. But due to a lack of aesthetical quality in the prefabricated houses, industrial building came under criticism. A new turning point only came with the advent of computer-controlled methods of layout and fabrication and the economic machine production of individually created forms. Since the 1990s, industrialisation, prefabrication and system building have gained a new, trend-setting importance. This is evident e.g. in the dome of British Museum, constructed by Foster + Partners, which exclusively features different parts and different joint connections. Current system buildings and digital fabrication methods are visualised in the publication and show both the possibilities and problems caused by the nearly arbitrary creation of forms. The 224-page documentation including 268 images was published by Architekturmuseum and is available there at a price of 39 Euros or online at http://www.cedon.de/Wendepunkte+im+Bauen.htm. In bookshops, the catalogue price is 49 Euros.
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CREATION, INNOVATION & EFFECTIVENESS
12th International
Eyes & Ears Awards
14.10.2010
Event in the context of MEDIENTAGE MÜNCHEN
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Basics of Audio Production for Producer, Project Manager & Engineers
Eyes & Ears Academy
30.09. & 01.10.2010
PLAZAMEDIA, Ismaning
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Programme & Registration... |
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Hyper Brand Diversity - Opportunities for media, communications & dialogue companies in the digital context
Eyes & Ears Academy
11. & 12.11.2010
Disney Channel, Munich
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Programme & Registration... |
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14th International Eyes & Ears Conference
19. & 20.11.2009
ORF, Wien
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Photo Gallery... |
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INNOVATION & EFFECTIVENESS
11th International
Eyes & Ears Awards
29.10.2009
Event in the context of MEDIENTAGE MÜNCHEN
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Prize Winners... |
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Winner of the Eyes & Ears
Excellence Award 2009
Florian Wieder
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Winner of the Eyes & Ears
Excellence Award 2008
Yello -
Dieter Meier & Boris Blank
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Winner of the Eyes & Ears
Excellence Award 2007
Robert Wilson
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Winner of the Eyes & Ears
Excellence Award 2006
Manfred Becker
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Winner of the Eyes & Ears
Excellence Award 2005
Peter Weibel
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Winner of the Eyes & Ears
Excellence Award 2004
Anton Corbijn
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Winner of the Eyes & Ears
Excellence Award 2003
Peter Lamont
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Winner of the Eyes & Ears
Excellence Award 2002
Hermann Vaske
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Winner of the Eyes & Ears
Excellence Award 2001
Sky Du Mont
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Winner of the Eyes & Ears
Excellence Award 2000
Martin Lambie-Nairn
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Winner of the Eyes & Ears
Excellence Award 1999
Roman Kuhn
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Winner of the Eyes & Ears
Excellence Award 1998
Oliviero Toscani
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Relaunch of the Eyes & Ears
Website by Interone Cologne
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