Forest Architecture. In Search of the (Post) Modern Wilderness
Synopsis
This volume aims to expand on the discourse around the forest as an aesthetic-perceptual, conceptual-symbolic, and operative subject matter theme, as utopia and modernist notion alike, across a broad range of scales and contexts, exploring its contemporary relevance for the design project.
Chapters
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Forest architecture. In search of the (post) modern wilderness
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Dominion and symbiosis in the Amazon rainforest
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Cedric’s sense for wilderness. The role of forests in Price’s search for coexistence
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The forest as a room. Three Japanese urban houses
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The call of the wild. Inhabiting the forest in the works of Kazuyo Sejima and Sanaa
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Forest and architecture. Contemporary design approaches for public spaces
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Cavity. Wilderness acts by colonizing
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Tabula silva. Representation and project for the Flemish forest-metropolis
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A dive in the nordic green. Foresturbia. A manual for a landscaped city
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Upstate Rome. A suburban archipelago
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Architecture and nature. On the origin and convertibility of architecture
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The quest for wilderness in the face of climate change
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Constructing the modern forest in Greece. Dimitris Pikionis and the Pertouli experiment on the mountain range of Pindos
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Beyond dualisms. The “electronic urbanism” of Takis Ch. Zenetos. 1962-1974
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Houses in the forest. Bruno Taut and the Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf in Berlin
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The forest in Bruno Taut’s city crown. A spiritual and perceptual utopia for our cities
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Trees, vines, palms, and other architectural monuments
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Exposure. 48 variations of darkness
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The Teatro Regio in Turin. A forest perspective
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Unpredictable spaces. For a non-domesticated use of wood
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Porch as screen of trees
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Disguised as a tree

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