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High-Tech Heritage

(Im)permanence of Innovative Architecture
  • Edited by: Matthias Brenner , Silke Langenberg , Kirsten Angermann and Hans-Rudolf Meier
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2025
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High-tech Architecture - Preserving the Heritage of Innovative Construction

The high-tech architecture of the 1970s–1990s is typically characterized by the use and exhibition of advanced technologies. In terms of appearance, these buildings often have innovative façades, supporting structures accentuated in color, and expressively displayed technology systems. Unfortunately, however, the rapid obsolescence of technology has often led to the complete replacement of the very systems that defined the architectural form. In 2023, an international conference at ETH Zurich in collaboration with Bauhaus-Universität Weimar explored the question of how best to deal with the structural legacy of technologically innovative architecture. This book summarizes the results and provides an overview of the current state of research.

  • Current state of research on high-tech architecture and its conservation
  • Overview of the opportunities and challenges of high-tech buildings
  • New findings on the topic of building within existing structures
  • Also available as a set with the congress volume Denkmal Postmoderne 978-3-0356-2783-1

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Matthias Brenner, Silke Langenberg, ETH Zurich

Kirsten Angermann, Hans-Rudolf Meier, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

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    Frontmatter

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    Table of Contents

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    (Im)Permanence of Innovation

    9
    Silke Langenberg and Hans-Rudolf Meier
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    High-Tech Heritage: (Im)Permanence of Innovation

    11
    Matthias Brenner
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    Patty Hopkins in Conversation with Silke Langenberg and Matthias Brenner

    21
    Matthias Brenner and Silke Langenberg
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  • HISTORY OF HIGH-TECH IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
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    High-Tech in the Context of Czech Late Socialism?

    33
    Petr Vorlík
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    Around the Structures

    43
    Juliana Kei
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    Eco-Pomo between High-Tech and Low-Tech: Three Experimental Houses

    49
    Véronique Patteeuw and Léa-Catherine Szacka
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    Collecting High-Tech: Notes on the Theo Hotz Bequest at the gta Archives

    59
    Irina Davidovici
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    Tom Emerson in Conversation with Silke Langenberg

    67
    Silke Langenberg
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  • THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CHALLENGES OF HIGH-TECH HERITAGE
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    Pictures

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    Heritage and Cutting-Edge Technology: Learning from Buildings as Machines

    81
    Ana Tostões
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    Innovation Ad Infinitum: Lloyd’s of London and the Cost of Flexibility

    91
    Georgios Eftaxiopoulos
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    The University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen University: Structure and Dynamic

    95
    Christian Raabe
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    Sports Architecture: High-Tech Urban Infrastructure between Identity, Enhancement, and Redevelopment

    105
    Davide Allegri and Silvia Battaglia
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    High-Tech Roots: The London Zoo Aviary and Its Preservation

    109
    Marcela Aragüez
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    Structural Sealant Glazing (SSG): History, Construction, and Conservation Challenges

    117
    Uta Pottgiesser
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    Saving Reused Building Materials through Architectural Design: The Case of the Centre Pompidou Glass

    125
    Catherine De Wolf
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    High-Tech Bavaria: Late Modern Architecture in the Rear-View Mirror

    133
    Andreas Putz
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    High-Tech Additions: Italian Research in Preserving and Reusing Built Heritage

    143
    Sara Di Resta and Verdiana Peron
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    Surface and Flesh: Facade as a Conservation Tool

    149
    Thomas Pearson
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    Sacha Menz in Conversation with Silke Langenberg

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    Silke Langenberg
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  • INVENTORY AND MEDIATION
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    The Unbearable Outdatedness of Registers

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    Bernhard Furrer
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    Specifics of Buildings Featuring Machinism and High-Tech Aesthetics in Bohemia: Case Study of Harrachov Ski Jumps and Their Possible Reuse

    181
    Lenka Popelová and Tomáš Ploc
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    Baukultur 1975–2000: Giving a Voice to Younger Architectural Monuments

    191
    Regula Steinmann
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    Virág Csaba and Hungary’s Disappearing Plasticist High-Tech Architecture

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    Dániel Kovács
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  • CASE STUDIES AND CURRENT RESEARCH
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    The [High-Tech] Plumber of Architecture: John Winter through the Nancy Seear Building

    209
    María Álvarez García
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    The Máj Department Store in Prague as Heritage: The Impermanence of Conservation?

    217
    Klára Ullmannová
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    Takis Zenetos and High-Tech Architecture: Electronic Urbanism vis-à-vis Autonomous Ecological Living Units

    223
    Marianna Charitonidou
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  • POSTERS
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    School Building in Uttwil (CH): Heritage Value Investigation Based on Architectural Detail

    232
    Elischa Bischof
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    High-Tech in Reverse

    234
    Clément Estreicher
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    The Unitobler Bern: Energy Potential of the Existing Fabric

    236
    Inès Rausis and Silvie Frei
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    Shifting Paradigms and High-Tech: Revisiting the University of Salford Centenary Building with Sustainability in Mind

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    Maria Yioutani-Iacovides, Athena Moustaka and Peter Walker
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    Reverse Engineering of Planar Sheet Metal Facade of the Briefzentrum Mülligen

    240
    Hannes Lukesch
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    Heterotopias of High-Tech Architectural Heritage: Three Conceptual Scaffoldings

    243
    Xiang Ren
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    School at Kinkplatz: Contemporary Monument Preservation for High-Tech Architecture

    244
    Sophie Stockhammer
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    Authors

    246
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    Image Credits

    251
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    Imprint

    255
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eBook published on:
November 28, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9783035629620
Paperback published on:
December 16, 2024
Paperback ISBN:
9783035629606
Edition:
2nd edition
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
256
Coloured Illustrations:
120
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035629620
eBook ISBN: 9783035629620
Paperback ISBN: 9783035629606
Keywords for this book
preservation; maintenance; conversion; building culture; postmodern architecture; high-tech architecture; postmodernism; cultural heritage; architectural monument; historical monument; monument preservation; Silke Langenberg; Hans-Rudolf Meier; Kirsten Angermann; Matthias Brenner
Audience(s) for this book
Architects, monument conservator, students
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