SWISS CONCRETENESS
The “Swiss Concreteness” book is a result of a course of the same name, taken at TUe (Technical University Eindhoven). The objective of this course was to focus on Swiss architecture, especially on the use of concrete. Our case study was E2A office, which is very innovative in use of concrete.
There are two main parts in the book, the first is about analyses of selected E2A’s buildings and the second part is about design projects based on the knowledge gained during the analyses. Chapters are divided by visually distinctive intermezzos, revealing the background processes.
PROCESS
The book is a result of teamwork so in order to achieve united visual appearance, drawing standards and graphic manual was created. The graphic manual and drawing standards describe book structure, layout, colours, line types, line widths, photos adjustment and etc.
BOOK
A big part of the book is focused on analyses, however it’s mainly about E2A’s buildings themselves. Hence I asked myself a question: How do you “switch off” the analyses layer in order to enjoy original drawings? Well obviously it’s not an AutoCAD drawing, nevertheless it’s possible to print the analyses layer on tracing paper and achieve the same effect.
size: 210x250mm
number of pages: 268
Materials:
- book cover: tracing paper 90g
- cover pages: Biotop 250g
- analyses pages: tracing paper 90g
- regular pages: Biotop 80g (rough texture)
Tracing paper cover
Japanese four-hole binging
Tracing paper cover
The analyses layer is printed on tracing paper in order to experience the original drawing
Intermezzo - between every chapter
ENJOY!
Co-operated:
Jan Schevers
Jørgen Hemesath
Koen Coenders
Stefan Wijsman
Bart van Santen
Rik Okel
Teun Vermeer
Tim Steeghs
Youri van den Heiligenberg
Tim Steeghs
Youri van den Heiligenberg
Axel Geurts
Maria Gabriella Vaca Sanchez
Maria Gabriella Vaca Sanchez
Rutger Klaver
Luuk van Ingen
Chunfei Bai
Danfeng Zou
Luuk van Ingen
Chunfei Bai
Danfeng Zou
