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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792984203321

Autore

Roos Anna

Titolo

Swiss sensibility : the culture of architecture in Switzerland / / Anna Roos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland : , : Birkhauser, , 2017

©2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 pages) : color illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

914.940473

Soggetti

Architecture - Switzerland

Architektur

Schweiz

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Foreword -- Miller & Maranta -- Buchner Bründler -- Beautiful Business -- Herzog & De Meuron -- Diener & Diener -- Nickisch Walder -- Swiss Architecture from Elsewhere -- Gion A. Caminada -- Jürg Conzett -- Peter Zumthor -- Savioz Fabrizzi -- Andreas Fuhrimann / Gabrielle Hächler -- Valerio Olgiati -- A Cultivated Ordinariness. Cultural Models In Recent Swiss Architecture -- Bearth & Deplazes -- :MLZD -- Studio Vacchini -- EM2N -- Conditions of Practice -- Biographies

Sommario/riassunto

Contemporary architecture in Switzerland is influenced by Peter Zumthor and Herzog & de Meuron, recipients of the Swiss Pritzker Prize, as well as a number of other prominent architects. The book presents 25 buildings in Switzerland designed by 16 influential Swiss architects: The range covers high-density urban developments through to rural sites in the alpine environment, with examples of traditional craftsmanship and materials, and modern construction technology and engineering. Large-format photographs illustrate the buildings’ proportions, materials, and details. Four authors analyze the Swiss building culture and its high architectural quality from an insider’s and an outsider’s point of view. In a detailed interview, Peter Zumthor explains his approach to architectural design.



Nicht nur die Schweizer Pritzker-Preisträger Peter Zumthor und Herzog & de Meuron, auch andere Architekten prägen die zeitgenössische Architekturszene. Das Buch dokumentiert 25 Gebäude in der Schweiz, entworfen von 16 einflussreichen Schweizer Architekten. Die Bandbreite der Projekte reicht vom dichten urbanen Raum bis ins alpine Umfeld; sie verbinden Ingenieurs- und Handwerkskunst mit traditionellen Materialien und moderner Bautechnik. Großformatige Fotos machen Proportionen, Materialien und Details der Bauten erlebbar. Mit dem Blick von innen wie auch von außen analysieren vier Autoren die Vielfalt der Schweizer Baukultur sowie die Grundlagen ihrer hohen architektonischen Qualität. In einem ausführlichen Interview gibtPeter Zumthor Einblick in seine Auffassung der Baukunst.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140891403321

Titolo

2010 22nd IEEE International Semiconductor Laser Conference

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : IEEE, 2010

ISBN

9781424456840

1424456843

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

621.366

Soggetti

Semiconductor lasers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

Ultrashort laser sources with pulse durations in the sub-picosecond regime enable a new domain of precision machining of various materials. Pulse durations shorter than the electron-phonon coupling time lead to minimum thermal load or even non-thermal ablation processes. Exploiting non-linear absorption processes, the absorption becomes nearly material independent when laser pulses of several micro joule energy and high beam quality are focused on the materials surface. Very small pulse energies and high intensities well above the



vaporization threshold enable high-precision cutting, ablation and drilling of even weakly absorbing materials, multi-component and multi-layer systems. Additionally, focusing ultrafast laser pulses in the volume of transparent dielectrics allows localized modification of the bulk material. Specifically, defined refractive index changes in glasses and crystals can be utilized for wave guiding and beam forming applications. In addition, a combined approach of material modification followed by chemical etching provides the possibility to manufacture micro-channels or 3D-micro mechanical parts. The 3D-capability of the in-volume materials processing by selective laser etching "ISLE" originates from the non-linear absorption of light in the initially transparent material.