Below Ground Level: Creating New Spaces for Contemporary Architecture [German]

By Charles C. Roberts and Ernst von Meijenfeldt

Any space that involves descending from our typical aboveground environment is a provocation to our sensory perceptions. Such hidden spaces evoke latent mythical images and confront us with the clash... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3764369086
• ISBN13: 9783764369088
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good introduction to underground architecture

"Below Ground Level" is a good introductory text on the subject, consisting of short sections with color photographs and descriptions of featured buildings (almost all in Europe), essays by several architects, and interviews of other architects. The psychology of building underground is well addressed, but the technical aspects are glossed over. This is certainly NOT a how-to book. The lack of plan or axionometric views is a weakness.