{"product_id":"outdoor-domesticity-by-ricardo-devesa-9781948765718","title":"Outdoor Domesticity","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrees have been deliberately connected with houses since they were introduced as a prominent part of architectural design. The relationships of contiguity between houses and trees have existed since ancient times. However, at the end of the 19th century those links became explicit in the design process, as the house emerged as one of the fundamental architectural programmes, and as the result of an increasing sensibility towards environmental aspects and the landscape.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first part of this publication is to present a collection of exemplary five houses that evinced explicit relationships with pre-existing trees. The five twentieth-century projects are: La Casa (B. Rudofsky, 1969), Cottage Caesar (M. Breuer, 1951), Ville La Roche (Le Corbusier \u0026amp; P. Jeanneret, 1923), Villa Pepa (J. Navarro Baldeweg, 1994) and Hexenhaus (A. \u0026amp; P. Smithson, 1984-2002).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe second part of \u003cem\u003eOutdoor Domesticity\u003c\/em\u003e contributes three theoretical concerns for the contemporary project, those ones which are established in the process, with respect to time, place and outdoor domesticity in modern western housing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of these theoretical contributions establishes that any house located on a site finds a significant place in conjunction with the preexisting trees. The second contribution describes the effects in terms of time, in addition to spatial considerations, which trees can contribute to the architectural project. Finally, the establishment of these connections between architecture and trees enlarges the idea of the house: the tree serves to draw the surrounding environment into the house and, as a result, becomes an intrinsic part of the house itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597471498476,"sku":"9781948765718","price":84.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/854076720e9141de200449762ea9d0a1.jpg?v=1777958878","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/outdoor-domesticity-by-ricardo-devesa-9781948765718","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}