Contrast and Cohesion

ISBN 10: 3038601446 / ISBN 13: 9783038601449

Published by Park Books, 2019

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Neuware -G8A Architects wurde 2007 von den zwei Schweizer Architekten Manuel Der Hagopian und Grégoire Du Pasquier gegründet, als die zwei neben ihren Genfer Aktivitäten in Hanoi eine Dépendance eröffneten und künftig von beiden Standorten aus operierten. Contrast and Cohesion - durchaus programmatisch gemeint für das Zusammenspiel eines Büros mit Projekten in der Schweiz und in Südostasien - ist nun das erste Buch über ihr Schaffen.27 Bauten und Projekte in der Schweiz, in Vietnam, Südkorea, Singapur und Istanbul werden ausführlich vorgestellt, mit Fotografien, Modellfotos, Plänen und beschreibenden Texten. Sowohl das gebaute Werk von G8A Architects wie die ins Buch integrierten Essays zeigen die unterschiedlichen Voraussetzungen und Spielräume für Architektur in Mitteleuropa und Asien.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contrast and Cohesion
• Publisher: Park Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3038601446
• ISBN 13: 9783038601449
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 27W x 20H x 0D centimeters 27 centimeters width by 20 centimeters height by 0 centimeters depth
• Weight: 930 grams

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Synopsis

Founded in 2007, G8A Architects gained rapid renown for its projects in Switzerland. Drawn to new opportunities in Southeast Asia, founding partners Manuel Der Hagopian and Grégoire Du Pasquier soon expanded the firm’s operations to include an office in Vietnam’s capital city, Hanoi, where they now attract a range of commissions in a completely new environment. In 2010, upon winning the commission for a major public housing development in Singapore that set them amongst a new generation of designers for residential projects in the region, they also opened a branch in the booming city-state.

The first book to document G8A Architects’ achievements to date, Contrast and Cohesion reflects the firm’s work in these starkly contrasting parts of the world. Featuring twenty-seven of the firm’s projects through drawings, photographs, plans, and descriptive texts, the book also brings together essays that expand on the different concerns and challenges that accompany the creation of architecture in Central Europe and Southeast Asia. Climatically, culturally, and economically, the rapidly growing cities of Southeast Asia are a world away, but Der Hagopian and Du Pasquier pursue a strategy of cohesion, which seeks to resolve the contrasts between East and West with resulting benefits for both.
 

About the Author

Founded in 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland, G8A Architects today operates four offices in Geneva, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Singapore. Patrick Bingham-Hall is an internationally renowned British-Australian architectural photographer, writer, and publisher.