Synopses & Reviews
Die stdtebaulichen Entwrfe fr Bukarest 2000 und fr die EXPO 2000 in Hannover, die Neue Messe Leipzig und das Nationalmuseum in Seoul, Entwrfe fr die Flughfen in Dsseldorf und Zrich, das Deutsch-Japanische Zentrum in Hamburg und die Abgeordnetenbros des Deutschen Bundestages in Berlin - dies sind nur einige der ca. 100 Bauten und Projekte, die in der Zeit von 1995 bis 1997 bei gmp entstanden sind und die in diesem jngsten Werkbericht przise dokumentiert werden. In bewhrter Qualitt macht das hervorragend ausgestattete Buch erneut die beeindruckende Vielfalt der Aufgaben und Lsungen anschaulich. Architektur erscheint hier in der Tat als eine Kunst in der sozialen Anwendung (Meinhard von Gerkan), die der Verantwortung gegenber unserem Lebensraum ebenso gerecht wird wie sie die Individualitt der einzelnen Gebude entstehen lt.
Synopsis
A review of the most recent buildings and projects by von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp), one of Germany's most successful architectural offices: "The most fascinating point about the buildings of gmp is their simple and clear 'built' language. The functions have been satisfied, the goal is reached, the client is fulfilled, the user feels understood." (Dietmar Steiner). Von Gerkan, Marg und Partner has not only developed into one fo the largest and most successful German architectural offices since its founding in 1965, but has also played an important role in the international context of contemporary architecture. Documented in this most recent catalog of gmp's work are the ruban designs for bucharest 2000 and Hanover's EXPO 2000, the New Trade Fair Leipzig and teh National Museum in Seoul, designs for airports in Dusseldorf and Zurich, the German-Japanese Center in Hamburg, the delegates' offices of the German Bundestag in berlin, and many other projects executed by the office between 1995 and 1997. This excellently produced book documents the impressive variety of solutions proposed by gmp. Here, "architecture remains an art of social application," (Meinhard von Gerkan) which not only does justice to the immense responsibility architects have for the built environment, but also allows individuality for each building.