After the global success of
Yes is More
, one of the best-selling architecture books of its generation,
BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
presents
Hot to Cold, an Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation
. The book presents sixty case studies in harsh climate conditions in order to examine where and how we live on our planet.
As we travel from one end of the spectrum to its opposite we will see that the more harsh the climate gets, the more intense its impact on the architecture. The central challenge is to
mitigate the climatic extremes for hospitable human life
, while finding solutions that can be
both economically and environmentally profitable
.
Architecture is the art and science of accommodating the lives we want to live. Our cities and buildings aren't givens; they are the way they are because that is as far as we have gotten to date. They are the best efforts of our ancestors and fellow planetizens, and if they have shortcomings, it is up to us to continue that effort, pick up where they left off.
Hot to Cold
stays true to BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group's grand mission to find a
pragmatic utopia
, shaping not only a particular structural entity, but the
kind of world we wish to inhabit
The book features:
Design from
award-winning artists Sagmeister & Walsh
Previously unpublished essays by Bjarke Ingels. A convertible dust jacket-poster.