Vital Architecture' focuses on clients, users, architects and designers. The book portrays 20 buildings that are described, interpreted and documented using plans, sections, diagrams and photographs.Vital Architecture. Tools for Durability portrays 20 buildings that are described, interpreted and documented using plans, sections, diagrams and photographs. Presenting a spatial analysis of both iconic and common existing buildings from a period ranging from the beginning of the Christian era to this day, the authors develop a methodology to address life span and create something to hold on to in the future.
From the Pantheon in Rome to the Zollverein in Essen: vital architecture consists of buildings with a future value, with their architecture determining their lifespan. The spatial quality of such buildings is the core of their value and sustainability: also, or notably, when their use changes