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Concrete in Switzerland - Histories from the Recent Past Salvatore Aprea

Concrete in Switzerland - Histories from the Recent Past By Salvatore Aprea

Concrete in Switzerland - Histories from the Recent Past by Salvatore Aprea


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Concrete in Switzerland - Histories from the Recent Past by Salvatore Aprea

A groundbreaking work resulting from the collaboration between the three major Swiss architectural archives and the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel.

Concrete in Switzerland is a historical assessment of the most controversial building material of our time: concrete. The book addresses a number of issues of global relevance from a particular vantage point: reinforced concrete construction in Switzerland. Through contributions by internationally renowned researchers, Concrete in Switzerland analyzes a series of moments in the Swiss history of reinforced concrete, from the initial phase of its introduction in the country to the most refined applications in architecture and engineering. Groundbreaking and thorough, Concrete in Switzerland explores the history and application of a contentious material.

About Salvatore Aprea

Salvatore Aprea is an architect and architectural historian. He is a scientist and curator of the Archives de la construction moderne. He has published several essays, books, and periodicals about the history of concrete. Nicola Navone is the vice-director of the Archivio del Moderno at the Academy of Architecture of Mendrisio, Switzerland. Laurent Stalder is a full professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Sarah Nichols is assistant professor of architecture at Rice University.

Table of Contents


Switzerland, A Technological Pastoral / Laurent Stalder
Beton is a State of Mind: On the Representation of Concrete in Swiss Cinema / Marcel Bachtiger
Nature, Science, and Enterprise: The Origins of the Success of Reinforced Concrete in Switzerland. The Introduction, Diffusion, and Supersedence of the Hennebique System / Salvatore Aprea
Between Constraint and Freedom to Innovate: Swiss Standards to Innovate / Aurelio Muttoni
The N2 Chiasso-Saint Gotthard Motorway: Design and Construction of One Hundred and Forty-Three Kilometres of Reinforced Concrete / Ilaria Giannetti
Reinforced Country Below Ground / Silvia Berger Ziauddin
Terraced Hillside Housing Architectures. When Vineyards Gave Way to Swiss Families / Lorenzo Stieger
The Swiss Principle of Beton Brut: 'Betonkonstruktion'. A Debate between Theory and Practice, 1940s-1960s / Silvia Groaz
Gesamtschweizerische Plattenbau - Large-Panel Construction in Switzerland. The IGECO Heavy Prefabrication System in Goehner Housing Estates: Serial Production and Variations (1965-1977) / Giulia Marino
The Pluralities of the Possible / Martin Tschanz
'In our country, it is practically impossible not to build in concrete'. Brief Notes on Exposed Reinforced Concrete in the Architecture of Ticino / Nicola Navone
Concrete in the Early Works of Herzog and de Meuron / Roberto Gargiani
Southern Fragments of Swiss Asbestos-Cement, 1940 to 2040 / Hannah le Roux
CONCRETE STORIES / Sarah Nichols
Introduction
Concrete is Rock
Concrete is Underground
Concrete is Energy
Concrete is Second Nature
Concrete is Monolithic
Concrete is Composite
Concrete is Immaterial
Concrete is Praxis
Concrete is Fluid

Additional information

NGR9782889153534
9782889153534
2889153533
Concrete in Switzerland - Histories from the Recent Past by Salvatore Aprea
New
Hardback
The University of Chicago Press
2022-05-20
288
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