CONTENTS
The fascination of small structures 8
Christian Schittich
Microarchitecture- experiments in space optimization 11
Lydia Haack, John Hopfner
Pavilions- temporary prototypes 24
Peter Cachola Schmal, Philipp Sturm
Tree house- dream house 32
A ndreas Wenning
Motile architecture Gerhard Kalhofer 38
Big and small -the convergence of architecture and design
Oliver Herwig 50
Projects 60
Observat ion tower on the Mur Riverterrain: loenhart&mayr architekten und
!andschaftsarchitekten
with osd - office for structural design 62
"Top of Tyrol" summit platform 66
LAAC A rchiteken
Tem porary bamboo pavilions 69
Markus Heinsdorff
Transport shelters in Darmstadt 74
netzwerkarchitekten
Market stalls in Augsburg 78
T1lma n Sc halk Architekten
Theatre podium in Rotterdam
Atelie r Kempe Thill architects and planners 82
Pavilion at Lake Geneva
Bakker & Blanc Architectes 86
Pavilion in Zurich 90
phalt architekten
Newspaper kiosks in London Heatherwick Studio 92
Kiosk at lake "Staufensee" near Dornbirn 97
Wellmann Ladinger
Tem porary bar in Porto 100
Diogo Ag uiar and Teresa Otto
ree house Restaurant near Auckland 102
Environments Architects
t. Benedikt Chapel in Kolbermoor 105
unze seehol zer architektur & stadtplanung
Chapel in Lustenau
Hugo Dworzak 108
"Sehstation" in North Rhine-Westphalia
Andy Brauneis 110
Mobile log house
olgga architectes 112
Transform box
Bernhard Geiger with Armin Kathan 114
Convertible pavilion
Kalhofer- Korschildgen 118
Tea house in Frankfurt am Main
Kengo Kuma & Associates with formTL 122
Aero House
Richard Harden, Wieland Schmidt, TU Munchen,
Helmut Richter, TU Wien, with students 126
"Desert Seal" tent
Architecture and Vision 130
Rucksack House
Stefan Eberstadt 133
Mobile roof terrace in Cologne
Kalhbfer-Korschildgen 136
Bedroom and playroom furniture
h2o architectes 139
Summer houses in Berlin
Hutten & Palaste 142
Beach houses in Domburg
WTS Architecten 145
Residential building in Tokyo Claus en Kaan Architecten with
Souhei lmamura/Atelier IMAMU 148
Residential building in Munich
meek architekten 152
Renovation of students' apartments at the
Olympic Village, Munich
large werner wirsing bogevischs buero 157
Capsule hotel in Kyoto
Fumie Shibata, Masaaki Hiromura,
Takaaki Nakamura, Sigma Architectural Design 162
Architects- Project Data 168
Authors 175
Illustration Credits 176