Authors/matyas gutai
Matyas Gutai graduated at the University of Tokyo and Technical University of Budapest. He finished his PhD studies in University of Tokyo. His research was focusing on water structures and sustainable design. After his research in water building systems, he patented his water panel structure and built the first Water House experimental building. Parallel to his research, he worked at architecture offices in Japan, Portugal and Hungary, before he opened his own practice: Allwater Ltd. Matyas Gutai is currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Kengo Kuma Laboratory in the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Architecture.
Trans Structures
Fluid Architecture and Liquid Engineering
Matyas Gutai
The book introduces water as a building material to build unique, responsive-able structures and define a new paradigm for architecture and sustainable design.
It is comprised of three main parts: the first part explains the theoretical framework of trans-structures and is also accompanied by photos and diagrams of the laboratory tests; the second part shows realized related projects accompanied by interviews with key designers of the buildings; the final part introduces a built Trans-structure: Water House experimental pavilion, which utilizes water as building material. Water gives unique aesthetics and structural characteristics to the building with real response ability based on the properties of water, thus allowing liquid engineering to provide a new solution for contemporary sustainable design.
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