Excursions on capacities MVRDV : km3 / by MVRDV
Publisher: Actar, 2005Description: 1415p. ill. [chiefly col.] 22cm001: 10860ISBN: 8495951851Subject(s): Urban planning | Architectural design | 3-D graphics | Urban development | Cities and townsDDC classification: 711.4 MVR| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 711.4 MVR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 075127 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Three-dimensionality can be seen as architecture's fundamental existence, the profession's acclaimed domain. In times of globalism and scale enlargement, an update of this definition seems needed: metres turn into kilometres, "M3" becomes "KM3". KM3 is a story about a world that is getting dense. Very dense. It constructs its logical response: a city that is denser. A city that is continuously under construction, with space for limitless capacities, populations. Beyond scarcity. Beyond separation. Beyond pessimism and protectionism. The 3D City. A free-fall in endless space. From right to left, from front to back, from above to below. Pure depth. KM3 is more a construct than an analysis. KM3 is a hypothesis, a theoretical city, a possible urban theory. KM3 can also be seen as a science-fiction novel, a twin pair that describes this upcoming city as an emerging presence, an already existing 'other' world. The book includes a DVD of animations and two urban planning software programs by MVRDV.
Includes DVD
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