Entretiens avec Jürg Conzett
Subtitle: In discussion with Jürg Conzett
By: Denis Zastavni, Dennis Wittevrongel (eds.).
Contributors: Zastavni, Denis, editor, concept and coordination; Wittevrongel, Bernard, editor
Publisher: UCL, Presses universitaires de Louvain
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9782875582720
Subjects: Interviews; Bridges; Structural engineering; Structural design; Architecture; History
Other titles: In discussion with Jürg Conzett; Jürg Conzett
Description: "Admittedly engineers simply continue to calculate the projects they are given by architects, but engineers also draw or redraw, build physical models or design digital models for parametrisation, gauge aesthetics and reinvent the production of the form. Is it the architect or the engineer who designs the structure, lays its foundations and establishes the intentionality of the project? The examples covered in the pages of this book show us that creativity lies at the heart of engineering practice and a structure's design. It also shows that engineering today is a space of freedom and that it is enough to want to be part of it, to give us the means, to ask us the right questions, for us to invent the new structural landscapes of tomorrow. This book is different in that projects are presented from the point of view of their genesis and their design" -- Back cover.
Notes: English and French.