Book launch PLANS & IMAGES An Archive of Projects on Typology in Architecture 2013–2018

Laboratory EAST EPFL presents

Plans and Images
An Archive of Projects on Typology in Architecture 2013-2018

Book launch
& Round table about books, architecture and academia
with
Astrid Staufer
Luca Ortelli
Anja and Martin Fröhlich
Tiago P. Borges (moderation)

About the book 
Plans and Images
An Archive of Projects on Typology in Architecture 2013-2018
Learning to construct is the objective of the architecture student, who seeks to bring sketches, sophisticated visualizations, material and component choices, and detailed plans and diagrams together in a single grand composition. Plans and Images offers insight into how architects are trained by examining the teaching and research approach of the Laboratory of Elementary Architecture and Studies of Types (EAST), of the EPFL School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC). Going beyond the traditional notion of functionally determined typologies, Laboratory EAST is concerned more broadly with the principles of typology in architecture. Richly illustrated with drawings and plans by Laboratory EAST’s students, the book also includes essays by Antje Bittorf, Tiago P. Borges, Anja Fröhlich, Martin Fröhlich, Rafael Moneo, and Marie Theres Stauffer. An interview with Rafael Moneo, discussing the research topics pursued at Laboratory EAST, and a photo essay by Swiss photographer Joël Tettamanti round out the book. More...