Building with Water (eBook)

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Zoë Ryan ist Kunsthistorikerin und Kuratorin am renommierten Art Institute of Chicago.

Chris Zevenbergen studierte Ökologie an der Agricultural University Wageningen und promovierte in Umweltingenieurwesen an der Universität Utrecht. Er ist Professor am Water Engineering Department am UNESCO-IHE (Institute for Water Education) in Delft.

Dieter Grau ist Landschaftsarchitekt und Partner im Atelier Dreiseitl in Überlingen, wo er Flussrenaturierungen, großräumige Wasserkonzepte und Wasserplanungen in Gebäudekomplexen plant und umsetzt.

Zeljka Carol Kekez istStadtplanerin und ist als solche im Atelier Dreiseitl tätig.

Zoë Ryan studied art history at the University of Sussex, the University of Amsterdam and Hunter College, City University of New York. She is the Neville Bryan Curator of Design at The Art Institute of Chicago where she is responsible for organizing exhibitions and building the museum’s first collection of contemporary design. Ryan was a curatorial assistant at the Museum of Modern Art, New York and at The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and subsequently became Senior Curator at the Van Alen Institute (VAI) in New York, a non-profit public art and architecture organization where she organized the exhibition "The Good Life: New Public Spaces of Recreation," installed on Pier 40 in New York City. Her writing on art and design has been published in The Architect’s Newspaper, Blueprint, Contemporary, Monument, and Log.
Chris Zevenbergen studied ecology at the Agricultural University Wageningen and received his doctorate in environmental engineering from the University Utrecht. He is a professor at the Water Engineering Department of UNESCO-IHE (Institute for Water Education) in Delft. He is also director of the Business Development Department of DuraVermeer Group NV, a real estate developer. He is co-founder and chairman of the European Network COST C22 on urban flood management and the Flood Resilience Group (FRG). His research area is environmental engineering and water management, with a particular focus on integrated approaches to manage floods in urban environments.
Dieter Grau is a gardener and accredited landscape architect. Since 1994, he has been working for Atelier Dreiseitl, Überlingen, Germany. Atelier Dreiseitl specializes in river restoration projects, water features, large-scale water management schemes and the integration of watercycles in buildings or urban quarters. In 1996 he became head of the Landscape Architecture Department there. He is now a partner in the office and is involved in projects around the world. He lectures frequently worldwide.
Zeljka Carol Kekez holds a master degree in business administration and a graduate certificate in urban design. Pursuing a doctoral programme in urban studies and planning, her area of interest is urban identity and place making with a focus on waterfront environments. She worked for the landscape architecture office Walker Macy, Portland, Oregon and various other design firms, directing business development with clients worldwide. Carol is a principal at Atelier Dreiseitl responsible for strategic planning and global business operations.

Introduction

Dieter Grau

Zeljka Carol Kekez

Where Water meets the Land: The Rediscovery of the Waterfront

Chris Zevenbergen
Towards Flood Resilient Urban Environments

A Typology of Building on Water:

Arts and Culture
Recreation

Living
Industry and Infrastructure

LAKE

Floating House, Lake Huron, Canada

Lake Whitney Water Treatment Plant, Hamden, USA

Aluminium Forest, Houten, The Netherlands

RIVER

Silodam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Maison Flottante, Chatou, France

Traffic Guard Building, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Island in the Mur, Graz, Austria

Elbe Philharmonic Hall, Hamburg, Germany

Science Centre, Hamburg, Germany

SEA

Ponte Parodi, Genoa, Italy

Harbour Bath, Copenhagen, Denmark

Kastrup Sea Bath, Copenhagen, Denmark

East Beach Café, Littlehampton, UK

Performing Arts Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA

Oslo National Opera House, Oslo, Norway

Opera Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Seoul Performing Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea

Seoul Commune, Seoul, South Korea

Jelly-fish House, San Francisco, USA

Wave Garden, San Francisco, USA

WISA Wooden Hotel, Helsinki, Finland

Ex Arsenale Conference Centre, La Maddalena, Italy

About the Authors

Illustration Credits