Two Lakes: Switzerland and Japan: A comparative study on the culture of water (Laboratorium)

Dieter Geissbuhler, Johannes Kaferstein, Hiroyuki Kimura, Masashiro Kinoshita, Mulan Sun Buschor

ISBN 10: 3037613092 / ISBN 13: 9783037613092

Published by Quart Publishers 2024-06-10, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Two Lakes: Switzerland and Japan: A comparative study on the culture of water (Laboratorium)
• Publisher: Quart Publishers 2024-06-10
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3037613092
• ISBN 13: 9783037613092
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The publication is the result of a comparative study of two cultural regions – Lake Lucerne in Switzerland and Lake Biwa in Japan. The results of a five-year cooperation between the Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture and the Kyoto Institute of Technology.

The publication Two Lakes is the result of a comparative study of two cultural regions – Lake Lucerne in Switzerland and Lake Biwa in Japan. Based on the results of a five-year cooperation entitled The Culture of Water (2018–2023) between the Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture and the Kyoto Institute of Technology, it engages with the architecture of the future. Addressing the core themes of danger, beauty, commons and eternity – and their according relationships to water – it develops hypotheses on both regions with respect to the interdependence between people and the architecture they produce. The book is rounded off by in-depth articles, two photographic essays and archive documents.