Forest Architecture. In Search of the (Post) Modern Wilderness

Authors

Stamatina Kousidi; Alessandro Rocca; Jacopo Leveratto; Beatrice Balducci; Giulia Setti; Chiara Geroldi; Laura Zampieri; Federico Gobbato Liva; Andrea Migotto; Ludovico Centis; Angela Gigliotti; Fabio Gigone; Lina Malfona; Werner Oechslin; Susanne Stacher; Emilia Athanassiou; Yorgos Tzirtzilakis; Chiara Caravello; Kevin Santus; Paulo Tavares; Valentina Noce; Martina Motta; Francesca Zanotto; Charlie Hailey; Kostis Velonis; Annarita Lapenna

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

  • Forest architecture. In search of the (post) modern wilderness
    Stamatina Kousidi
  • Dominion and symbiosis in the Amazon rainforest
    Alessandro Rocca
  • Cedric’s sense for wilderness. The role of forests in Price’s search for coexistence
    Jacopo Leveratto
  • The forest as a room. Three Japanese urban houses
    Beatrice Balducci
  • The call of the wild. Inhabiting the forest in the works of Kazuyo Sejima and Sanaa
    Giulia Setti
  • Forest and architecture. Contemporary design approaches for public spaces
    Chiara Geroldi, Annarita Lapenna
  • Cavity. Wilderness acts by colonizing
    Laura Zampieri
  • Tabula silva. Representation and project for the Flemish forest-metropolis
    Federico Gobbato Liva, Andrea Migotto
  • A dive in the nordic green. Foresturbia. A manual for a landscaped city
    Ludovico Centis, Angela Gigliotti, Fabio Gigone
  • Upstate Rome. A suburban archipelago
    Lina Malfona
  • Architecture and nature. On the origin and convertibility of architecture
    Werner Oechslin
  • The quest for wilderness in the face of climate change
    Susanne Stacher
  • Constructing the modern forest in Greece. Dimitris Pikionis and the Pertouli experiment on the mountain range of Pindos
    Emilia Athanassiou
  • Beyond dualisms. The “electronic urbanism” of Takis Ch. Zenetos. 1962-1974
    Yorgos Tzirtzilakis
  • Houses in the forest. Bruno Taut and the Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf in Berlin
    Chiara Caravello
  • The forest in Bruno Taut’s city crown. A spiritual and perceptual utopia for our cities
    Kevin Santus
  • Trees, vines, palms, and other architectural monuments
    Paulo Tavares
  • Exposure. 48 variations of darkness
    Valentina Noce
  • The Teatro Regio in Turin. A forest perspective
    Martina Motta
  • Unpredictable spaces. For a non-domesticated use of wood
    Francesca Zanotto
  • Porch as screen of trees
    Charlie Hailey
  • Disguised as a tree
    Kostis Velonis

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Published

February 21, 2024

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