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Zamp Kelp Torsten Schmiedeknecht

Zamp Kelp By Torsten Schmiedeknecht

Zamp Kelp by Torsten Schmiedeknecht


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This is an account of Zamp Kelp's architectural and written work. It has three main sections: Identity: The Representational Projection; Observations for Culture; and Additional Elements. Each chapter presents between five and eight projects.

Zamp Kelp Summary

Zamp Kelp: Expanding Space by Torsten Schmiedeknecht

The work of the German architect Zamp Kelp has become known throughout the world for its radical yet buildable appeal. He was the pivotal founding member of the experimental architect/artist group Haus-Rucker-Co, which tackled the problem of systematics of architecture analytically and empirically. This book is the an account of Zamp Kelp's architectural and written work. It has three main sections - Identity: The Representational Projection; Observations for Culture; and Additional Elements, the book includes a series of essays on the subject of expanding space. Each chapter presents between five and eight projects, accompanied by texts by Zamp Kelp and Schmiedeknecht, expanding on the usual project description by relating the ideas to contemporary issues and debates.

About Torsten Schmiedeknecht

Torsten Schmiedeknecht, b.1965 in Germany, studied architecture in Darmstadt, Paris and London. He is a registered architect in Germany and has practised in Germany, Greece, France and England (recently with Avanti Architects, London). He is at present working on architectural projects in Germany and conducting research into the Austrian group of architects and artists Haus-Rucker-Co at the School of Architecture, University of Liverpool. He is teaching a degree studio with his wife at the School of Architecture, and Landscape at Kingston University and also in the third year studio at the School of Architecture, University of Liverpool. Torsten Schmiedeknecht is a regular contributor to Architectural Design.

Table of Contents

Torsten Schmiedeknecht: Surface, Metaphor and Virtuality. Paul Davies in Conversation with Torsten Schmiedeknecht: Sixties, Las Vegas and Snow White. IDENTITY, THE REPRESENTATIONAL, PROJECTION. Ornamenta 1 - Built Fiction, 1989. Panorama Pavilion, 1989-90. House Behind a River Landscape, 1992. Water, Light, Vegetation, 1991-95. Fiege Headquaters, 1997. Millennium View, 1997-2000. OBSERVATORIES FOR CULTURE. Visual Machines, 1989. House for The Styrian Autumn, 1990. Mekka Medial, 1989-90. Neanderthal Museum, 1993-96. Georg Sch?fer Museum, 1996. Archaeological Museum, 1997. International Art Museum, 1999. ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS. Transformation, 1990. Expanding Space, 1992. Green Glass Surface, 1995-96. Zero-Gravity Space, 1998-99. Steven Spier in Conversation with Torsten Schmiedeknecht: Programme, Abstraction and Figuration. Zamp Kelp: Expanding Space. Projects. Photo Credits.

Additional information

GOR005464478
9780471854043
0471854042
Zamp Kelp: Expanding Space by Torsten Schmiedeknecht
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
20000228
128
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