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Instruments is an exploration of how architecture can work to connect people with place, both physically (through choreography) and psycho-spatially (through wonder). The book turns its focus away from architecture's conventional obsession with the material qualities of the object (and type as the underpinning logic of the architectural object), to the many other, equally vital ways in which relationships are formed and reformed between us and the places we occupy. It is the first in a series of publications on the architectural practice TERROIR, where each book is dedicated to examining the importance of a single design strategy in the work of TERROIR and others. The book includes essays by Slavoj Zizek, Slovenian philosopher and sociologist, as well as David A Garcia, founding director of MAP Architects in Copenhagen. Also included is an interview between the philosopher and architectural writer Andrew Benjamin and TERROIR's founding director Gerard Reinmuth. TERROIR was founded in 1999 by three colleagues from Hobart, Gerard Reinmuth, Scott Balmforth and Richard Blythe. The practice now has offices in Sydney, Hobart and Copenhagen. To this day, the landscape of Tasmania and the political tensions of a society divided along environmental lines continue to influence TERROIR's approach to architecture and place.

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Author:   Gerard Reinmuth ,  Andrew Benjamin ,  David A Garcia ,  Slavoj Zizek
Publisher:   Uro Publications
Imprint:   Uro Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780994396679

ISBN 10:   0994396678
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   03 June 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Propositions 10. ARCHITECTURAL INSTRUMENTS: From wonder to empowerment - David A Garcia 18. Questions about Instruments - A conversation between Andrew Benjamin and Gerard Reinmuth 170. The Architectural Parallax - Slavoj Zizek Prompts 24. Carlo Scarpa - Castelvecchio renovation 25. Sir John Soane - Sir John Soane's Museum, Picture Room Recess 26. MVRDV - Seoullo 27. Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service - Tasmanian Wilderness Boardwalks 28. Jean Nouvel - Expo 02 29. Gregory Crewdson - 'Untitled' 30. Bolles+Wilson - Rotterdam Walkway 31. Luigi Snozzi - Casa Kalman 32. Christo and Jeanne-Claude - Running Fence 33. Caspar David Friedrich - Woman before Rising Sun 34. Alvaro Siza Vieira - Leca Swimming Pools 35. Bill Henson - Untitled, 1995/1996 Instruments 38. An instrument that walks among eucalypts - Orange Line, Tasmania 42. An instrument that travels through time - Jellingstenene, Denmark 50. An instrument for collaboration, experimentation and broadcast - Heavy Metals Lab, Hobart 58. An instrument that brings a town to its river - Koondrook Wharf 68. Instruments of wonder and surprise - Commonwealth Place Kiosks, Canberra 78. An instrument that gathers a park - Princes Park Toilets, Hobart 88. An instrument that orientates - Elizabeth Street Pier Services, Hobart 98. An instrument that connects continents - IMAS Forecourt, Hobart 108. An instrument that reveals the past - TMAG Object, Hobart 118. Instruments that connect a small place to a large city - 86-88 George Street, Sydney 128. An instrument that distorts and clarifies - Seoul Biennale, South Korea 138. An instrument that creates an outside/inside - Peppermint Bay, Tasmania 148. Instruments that fuse building and landscape - Castle Cove House, Sydney 158. Projects 192. Acknowledgements 194. Contributor biographies

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