A Book on Making a Petite à cole

Meredith, Michael; Sample, Hilary

ISBN 10: 1638400679 / ISBN 13: 9781638400677

Published by Actar, 2023

Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Clean and unmarked coverboards and pages. Binding is tight. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1243264930

Synopsis:

A compendium of children’s design exercises by architects from around the world accompany illustrations and photographs documenting the construction of the Petite École pavilion.

As part of the 2019 Biennale d'architecture et de paysage in Versailles, France, MOS constructed Petite École, a small, open-air pavilion to house educational workshops for children. It is a place for looking and making, and for making and looking, constructed with 688 aluminum pieces modeled, flattened, cut, folded, prefabricated, shipped, and then assembled onsite. It is made to be taken down and reassembled elsewhere. It is designed to be easily understood, made of simple building elements: a long, low roof with columns and stacked beams holding it up.

Undertaken during various design workshops, single page design exercises written by architects were assembled into a large book and given to children. A Book on Making a Petite École features an expanded collection of these exercises. Each exercise includes playful illustrations of its steps, starting a conversation about how designers look at, think about, teach, and imagine the foundations of design. Alongside these, the design process of the pavilion is included, as its own design exercise, from colorful illustrations of each step of the pavilion’s construction, to actual construction photographs and photographs of the completed pavilion being occupied.

A Book on Making a Petite École considers basic questions of design pedagogy, abstraction, accessibility, experimentation, and equity, while considering and reconsidering architecture.

About the Authors: Michael Meredith, along with Hilary Sample, is a principal of MOS, an internationally recognized architecture practice based in New York, and Professor at Princeton University School of Architecture.

Hilary Sample is the IDC Professor of Housing Design at Columbia University GSAPP, and co-founder of the New York-based architecture and design studio MOS.

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Book on Making a Petite à cole
Publisher: Actar
Publication Date: 2023
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket