Gion A. Caminada. On the path to building: A conversation about architecture with Florian Aicher : A conversation about architecture with Florian Aicher

Gion A. Caminada

ISBN 10: 303561542X / ISBN 13: 9783035615425

Published by Birkhäuser Berlin, 2018

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Gebraucht - Sehr gut SG - leichte Beschädigungen oder Verschmutzungen, ungelesenes Mängelexemplar, gestempelt - Gion Caminada is well-known far beyond Switzerland's borders: as an architect, whose work is developed out of - and gives new life to - its context. The award-winning renewal of his native community of Vrin, the renaissance of the village of Valendas with its inn and village hall, the buildings in and around Disentis Abbey that contributed to the abbey's revival, and many more. He passes on his experience in his role as a professor of architecture and design at the ETH. His contribution to architecture is being presented at the 2018 Venice Biennale. In this illustrated interview Gion Caminada tells of his path to building, of old villages, of working together with engaged citizens, and of the ideas that drive him forward in life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gion A. Caminada. On the path to building: A conversation about architecture with Florian Aicher : A conversation about architecture with Florian Aicher
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Berlin
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 303561542X
• ISBN 13: 9783035615425
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Sehr gut

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Synopsis

New life for old villages

Gion Caminada is well-known far beyond Switzerland’s borders: as an architect, whose work is developed out of – and gives new life to – its context. The award-winning renewal of his native community of Vrin, the renaissance of the village of Valendas with its inn and village hall, the buildings in and around Disentis Abbey that contributed to the abbey’s revival, and many more. He passes on his experience in his role as a professor of architecture and design at the ETH. His contribution to architecture is being presented at the 2018 Venice Biennale.

In this illustrated interview Gion Caminada tells of his path to building, of old villages, of working together with engaged citizens, and of the ideas that drive him forward in life.

• Architecture and village renewal
• New approaches to combat rural exodus
• The background to Caminada’s projects

• Swiss brochure with open thread-stitching

About the Author

Florian Aicher, architect and publicist, Rotis. Gion A. Caminada, architect and professor ETH, Zurich.