Moshe Safdie is een gerenommeerde Israëlisch-Canadese architect, gevierd om zijn innovatieve ontwerpen en visionaire benadering van architectuur. Zijn werk wordt gekenmerkt door een diepe interesse in de relatie tussen gebouwde omgevingen, natuur en gemeenschap. Safdie's bouwwerken verkennen regelmatig thema's als huisvesting, openbare ruimte en culturele identiteit. Zijn ontwerpfilosofie wordt gevormd door zijn multiculturele achtergrond en de wens om gebouwen te creëren die resoneren met de mensen die ze bewonen.
Legendary architect Moshe Safdie explores the profound impact of architecture on society, emphasizing its role as a social force for good. Through personal anecdotes and insights, he reveals the creative process behind his iconic designs, from the modular housing scheme in Montreal to the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The book is richly illustrated with sketches and photographs, offering a behind-the-scenes look at his work. It concludes with Safdie’s vision for seven future projects, challenging readers to reconsider the significance of built environments in their lives.
The book documents the 175-meter-long museum, which resembles a triangular beam through Har Hazikaron. It explores the museum's architecture and its thoughtfully designed interior exhibition spaces.
Exploration of the work of urban designer Moshe Safdie, with particular
reference to how architects can mitigate the effects of high-density urban
living and enhance the quality of life in cities and neighbourhoods.
One of the world's greatest and most thoughtful architects recounts his
extraordinary career and the iconic structures he has built, and offers a
manifesto for the role architecture should play in society.
Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie accompanies a major traveling exhibition that explores this renowned architect's buildings and the philosophy that shapes them. Safdie's career has traced a remarkable trajectory in the canon of modern architecture, from the 1960s when the twenty-nine-year-old architect designed Habitat, one of the century's most significant experiments in prefabricated housing, until today, when he practices within an ever-expanding global architectureal culture. Safdie's canonical works combine the Social activism and advanced technologies of modernism with profound respect for historic and regional context. For his diverse clients, Safdie has created buildings where communities are forged of strangers, memory is enshrined, and identity is created in built form. This book features new photography and essays by Donald Albrecht and Sarah Williams Goldhagen that examine Safdie's role in contemporary architecture, as well as his use of architecture for advancing political, religious, and cultural agendas. Also included is a unique illustrated essay by Safdie examining the architect's thoughts on the global city in the 21st century.
