Das Ornament gewinnt gegenwartig in der Architektur einen neuen Stellenwert. Innovative Technologien des Entwerfens und der digitalen Bauteilproduktion verandern seine Rolle redikal, indem sie die expressiven Formen des Ornaments in Beziehung zur konstruktiven Logis eines Bauwerks setzen. Damit eroffnet sich eine Fulle von neuen Interaktionsmoglichkeiten zwischen Funktion und Dekor, Bau und Oberflache, Tragwerk und Hulle.Das Buch stellt in einem systematischen Uberblick die Verfahren und Strategien der Herstellung und Verwendung des Ornaments dar und beschreibt realisierte Beispiele aus der internationalen Gegenwartsarchitektur. Daruber hinaus schildern und analysieren drei Architekten mit besonderer Expertise auf dem Gebiet des avancierten Ornaments ihre Erfahrungen: Sam Jacob von Fashion Architecture Taste, London, Andreas Hild von Hild und K Architekten, Munchen, und Alejandro Zaera-Polo von Foreign Office Architects, London.

Ornament is currently acquiring a renewed status in architecture. As contemporary technologies of design and fabrication introduce unprecedented opportunities to intertwine the constructive logics and expressive articulations of buildings, ornament has re-emerged as a means to explorethe interactions between function and decoration, volume and surface, structure and envelope.
This book gives a systematic account of the technologies employed in the production of ornament and thestrategies of its application today, examining a range of international built examples. Architects with particularly advanced approaches to the question of ornament contribute reports and reflections on their experiences: Sam Jacob of Fashion Architecture Taste (FAT), London; Andreas Hild of Hild und K Architekten, Munich; and Alejandro Zaera-Polo of Foreign Office Architects (FOA), London.

Chapter 1: Applied

Introduction

Bellemo & Cat, Polygreen House

Splitterwerk, Frog Queen

Lyons Architects, Victoria University Training Center

Herzog & de Meuron, Eberswalde Library

Hild und K Architekten, BFTS Sport Sciences Center

Dietrich Untertrifaller Architects, Walch’s Event Catering Center

Wiel Arets Architects,Utrecht University Library

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Chapter 2: Perforated / Cut

Introduction

Claesson Koivisto Rune, Sfera Building

Klein Dytham architecture, Leaf Chapel

Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Aoba-Tei Restaurant

Atelier Hitoshi Abe with Asao Tokolo, Pachinko Tiger Kagitori

6a Architects, Hairywood

AAVP Architecture, André de Gouveia Residence

Herzog & de Meuron, De Young Museum

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Chapter 3: Layered

Introduction

Essay: Sam Jacob, "Surface as Manifesto"

Faulders Studio, Airspace Tokyo

FAT, Hoogvliet Villa

Foreign Office Architects, John Lewis Department Store

Kumiko Inui, Louis Vuitton Hilton Plaza

Kumiko Inui, Dior Ginza

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Chapter 4: Formed / Cast

Introduction

Essay: Andreas Hild, "Building Thing Mixing"

Rüdiger Lainer, Business and Fitness Center

Rüdiger Lainer, Apartment Building

Lyons Architects, Mornington Center

Hild und K Architekten, Façade Refurbishment

FAT, Sint Lucas Art Academy

Herzog & de Meuron, 40 Bond Street

Valerio Olgiati, Atelier Bardill

Kengo Kuma, Chokkura Plaza

Kumiko Inui, Shin-Yatsushiro Monument

Wiel Arets, Living Madrid

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Chapter 5: Stacked / Tiled

Introduction

Essay: Alejandro Zaera-Polo, "Patterns and Fabrics"

Foreign Office Architects, Spanish Pavilion, Expo 2005

Foreign Office Architects, Carabanchel Social Housing

Hild und K Architekten, House in Aggstall

PTW Architects, Water Cube

Gramazio & Kohler, Gantenbein Vineyard Facade

Coelacanth and Associates, Liberal Arts and Sciences College

SHoP, 290 Mulberry Street

Ornament is currently acquiring a renewed status in architecture. As contemporary technologies of design and fabrication introduce unprecedented opportunities to intertwine the constructive logics and expressive articulations of buildings, ornament has re-emerged as a means to explorethe interactions between function and decoration, volume and surface, structure and envelope.
This book gives a systematic account of the technologies employed in the production of ornament and thestrategies of its application today, examining a range of international built examples. Architects with particularly advanced approaches to the question of ornament contribute reports and reflections on their experiences: Sam Jacob of Fashion Architecture Taste (FAT), London; Andreas Hild of Hild und K Architekten, Munich; and Alejandro Zaera-Polo of Foreign Office Architects (FOA), London.