Rise Tectonic Machines!

Construct the Exigent City!

Marcus Shaffer, Peter Lynch, Kyna Leski

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English

Oro Editions
01 November 2013

Architectural structure & design; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Building construction & materials

The book is a collection of drawings, models, and prototypes, which represent the author s progress in making a humanitarian building-making machine for use in [re]constructing environments of displacement. As an introduction to the project, the author assembles an architectural program (purpose) for such a device. Short text essays touch upon: -

By: Marcus Shaffer, Kyna Leski
Preface by: Peter Lynch
Imprint: Oro Editions
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 218mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781941806043
ISBN 10: 194180604X
Pages: 100
Publication Date: 01 November 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marcus Shaffer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at Penn State's Stuckeman School. His research focuses on architectural works, theories, and practices that engage the Machine as an extension of our impulse to examine and remake the natural world. Kyna Leski is the Rhode Island School of Design's Architecture Department Head, and Principal, 3SIX0 Architecture. Peter Lynch, Architect, is co-Director of Metasus Design, a Rome Prize recipient, and former Head of Cranbrook Architecture.