Grounds and Envelopes ─ Reshaping Architecture and the Built Environment

Providing a source of vision for the revitalisation of the notional and actual elements of ground and envelope as vital spatial elements that can inform an integral architectural design, this book collects essays and projects that each contributes a particular element to what might constitute an eventually integrated and richly nuanced approach to spatial organisation. Projects include:

• Daniel Libeskind: Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany
• Daniel Libeskind: Osaka Folly 9, Osaka, Japan
• Van Berkel and Bos: Mobius House, Het Gooi, The Netherlands
• Thomas Leeser: In Ver(re)t. Ego House, Unbuilt
• Peter Eisenman: Church of the Year 2000, Unbuilt
• Paul Nelson: Suspended House, Unbuilt
• Clorindo Testa: The Bank of London and South America, 1959-1966, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• OCEAN: Apartment Block Frankfurter Strasse, Phase 01: 1998-99 Phase 02: 2011, Cologne, Germany
• Yves Klein: Air Architecture + Krefeld Exhibition, Krefeld, Germany
• Olafur Eliasson: The Weather Project, 2003-04, Tate Modern, London, UK
• Kengo Kuma: GC50th Anniversary Memorial
• Adalberto Libera: Villa Malaparte, Unbuilt, Capri, Italy
• John Lautner: Sheats Goldstein Residence, Unbuilt
• Paulo Mendes da Rocha: Brazilian Pavilion Osaka Expo, 1969-70, Osaka Expo, Japan
• Hensel, Limwatanakul, Kong and Bettum: Spreebogen I - A new Government Centre for Berlin Competition, 1992, Berlin, Germany
• Rudy, Roberge, Hoffman, Catoe and Koebel: Spreebogen II - A new Government Centre for Berlin Competition, 1992, Berlin, Germany
• Reiser + Umemoto + Jeffrey Kipnis: Water Garden, 1997, Columbus, Ohio, United States

With an abundance of built and un-built key projects available, it is now possible to outline the contours of a new discourse. This book initiates a new beginning so that architecture can truly partake in the creation of heterogeneous space and culturally, socially and environmentally sustainable built environments.

Michael U. Hensel is an architect, researcher, educator and writer. Currently he is Professor for Architecture at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, where he directs the Research Centre for Architecture and Tectonics. He is founding and current chairman of OCEAN – Design Research Association and of SEA – Sustainable Environment Association, and has authored and edited numerous books and journals.

Jeffrey P. Turko is an educator, researcher, and founder of the international award-winning design practice NEKTON Studio. Currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton, he is also a registered architect in the Netherlands, an advisory board member of the Research Center for Architecture and Tectonics, and current Vice Chair of OCEAN Design Research Association.