Weiterbauen an Stadt, Siedlung, Dorf

German

In his book, Kirchengast looks at three projects with a model-like character: Max Dudler, Franz Riepl and Stephen Sergison demonstrate analogous building on the scale levels of village, settlement and city. With their elementary "builtness", good proportions and the elegant interplay of volumes in the urban space, they embody a permanence without airs and graces and fashionable ingredients, which becomes a meaningful and self-evident background to everyday life. They not only answer the pressing question of the ecology of our coexistence, but also provide an anchor point in our heterogeneous design culture.

Photos by Hélène Binet, David Schreyer and Stefan Müller as well as historical illustrations accompany the plea for the skilful architecture of the centre.