Constructing Shadows

Description: This is the first practical handbook on the constructional aspects of shade-giving structures.



Contents: Contents Essays Plants - Shadow Constructive Design of Small Buildings: Handbook Pergolas: Functions, Forms, and Construction Elements Shade-providing Small Buildings in Landscaping and Landscape Architecture Cables in Landscape Architecture: The MFO Park Teaching about Shadows Shade-providing Tents: On the Design and Construction of Lightwight Canvas Structures Plants Overview Plants Clinging Rootlets, Creepers, Twiners, Tendrils, and Scrambling Climbers Projects; 1. SAANA / ARUP - Serpentine Galleries Pavillon 2009, Hyde Park, London, GB; 2. Peter Walker (PWP) / WernerSobekNewYork - University of Dallas, USA; 3. EDAW (neu Design + Planning aecom) - 3 Projekte in Asien/Australien/USA; 4. MARTINEZ LAPENA TORRES ARQUITECTOS - Schattendach in Palma d. M., SP; 5. Alan Dempsey & Alvin Huang - AA Projekt, [C]SPACE PAVILION, GB; 6. Abel Bainnson Butz - Hudson River Park, NYC; 7. Ruedi Baur - Denkmal fur Opfer der deutschen Militarjustiz Koln; 8. SL-Rasch + Bradatsch, Special and Lightweight Structures - Solar betriebener Schirm 5m x 5 m, Saudi Arabien.; 9. SL-Rasch + Bradatsch, Sail Island in Jeddah, Saudi Arabien; 10. SL-Rasch + Bradatsch, Versammlungszelt, Malaysia; 11. School of Architecture, Universidad de Talca, Chile - Landmarks, Chile; 12. EDSA - Projekt in Acapulco, Mexiko; 13. Raderschall & Partner - WestPark Zurich und St. Gallen; 14. w+s Landschaftsarchitekten - Pavillon, Reichstagsgelande Nord, Berlin; 15. Markus Bieri Landschaftsarchitekt - Innenhof Zentralsitz CSS Versicherung, Luzern; 16. Studio 3LHD, Zagreb - Riva Split Waterfront structure; 17. S. Gass, Gitterschale Sindelfingen; 18. S. Gass mit J. Bradatsch, Zelt im Hof des Jugendhauses 'Mitte', Stuttgart; 19. Rutish.