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The February issue of a+u is our first monograph dedicated to the architectural practice of Toshiko Mori. Based in New York, the Japanese native founded Toshiko Mori Architect (TMA) in 1981. The introductory essay by Fred A. Bernstein, an architecture journalist, demonstrates her design approach and her keen eye for detail. Mori’s works are the result of an in-depth study of the site’s topography, vegetation, and landscape, as pointed out by Edward Eigen, a historian and scholar of European and Anglo-American landscapes in the long nineteenth century. Mori’s designs reflect a sensitive integration of design, materials, and technology with the site. In addition, Sean Kelly, one of Mori’s clients and an art gallery owner, speaks about the process of collaboration with Mori. 18 representative works after 2000, of which 9 are residences, are featured in this issue, alongside site photographs and survey maps.To Mori, teaching is always in parallel with her practice. Her essay illustrates her career in architectural academia and the several initiatives she introduced while being a faculty member at various prestigious architecture institutions, including the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD).
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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 illustrates how the observation of the architect operates as opposed to how the imagination of the architect manifests 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. Presented projects include the Portable Concert Hall, called Paracoustica, which is an ongoing nonprofit work to come up with an affordable and shareable concert hall among many constituents in remote and underserved community; the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research focusing on socialization among scientists as a new model of work that promotes further discovery and teamwork. And i.e. the research on the role of libraries in the future using the example of the Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch. Another chapter is dedicated to the vernacular typology development in Senegal with the Albers Foundation, and the research on social spaces for collaborative educational environments.
Mori, Toshiko --- 691 --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Materialen (design) --- 72.07 --- 691(03) --- Duurzame architectuur ; materialen --- Duurzaam bouwen ; ontwerpideeën ; 21ste eeuw --- Mori, Toshiko °1951 (°Kobe, Japan) --- Architecten. Stedenbouwkundigen A - Z --- Bouwmaterialen ; naslagwerken --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 2000 - 2050 ; Japan --- Agences d'architecture --- Architecture durable --- Design architectural --- Observation (psychologie) --- Mori, Toshiko, --- Toshiko Mori Architect.
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The first book-length study of Kōbe's Foreign Concession, Opening a Window to the West situates Kōbe within the larger pattern of globalization occurring throughout East Asia in the nineteenth century.
Concessions --- Land use --- Land --- Land utilization --- Use of land --- Utilization of land --- Economics --- Land cover --- Landscape assessment --- NIMBY syndrome --- History --- Kōbe-shi (Japan) --- Commerce --- Historical geography. --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions --- Administrative law --- Licenses --- Municipal franchises --- Law and legislation --- Kobe, Japan --- Kobe (Japan) --- Nishinada-mura (Japan) --- Ōzō-mura (Japan) --- E-books --- J3444.10 --- J4390.44 --- J4300.70 --- J4810.70 --- J4824 --- Japan: Geography and local history -- Kansai and Kinki -- Hyōgo prefecture -- Kōbe city --- Japan: Economy and industry -- local economic history and geography -- Kansai and Kinki -- Hyōgo prefecture (Tajima, Harima, Awaji) --- Japan: Economy and industry -- history -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Japan: International politics and law -- treaties, relations and policy -- extraterritoriality
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