Toshiko Mori, Architect
Subtitle: observations
By: with contributions by Landon Brown, Charles Burke, Nicholas Weber, Andres Lepik, and Toshiko Mori ; editor, Cristina Steingräber
Contributors: Toshiko Mori Architect (Firm)
Publisher: ArchiTangle
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Berlin, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9783966800044
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Architectural firms; Observation (Psychology); Art and architecture; Architectural design; Toshiko Mori Architect (Firm)
Other titles: Observations
Description: Toshiko Mori is a New York based architect and Professor in the Practice of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design for many years. As a long-time member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Cities, Mori led research and inquiry into sustainable architecture, enhancing cities' livability, and creating efficient urban services. Mori is also on the board of Dassault Systems, a company connecting technology to environment and life science. And she has founded the platform VisionArc, a think tank dedicated to exploring the role of design within complex social and environmental issues. This book will focus on TMA's projects based on research, and the impact of socially valuable projects to society. The book will illustrate how the observation of the architect operates as opposed to how the imagination of the architect manifest itself. Different chapters in the book are describing various ways of approaching the task of observation. Seven chapters are divided into specific projects and provide a look at the hidden thought processes that can take place behind the ideas, solutions, and physical manifestations or architecture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.