Philippe Samyn

Philippe Samyn

Pierre Puttemans

Hardback, 280x250mm, 480p, 400 col.ill, English edition

ISBN / Barcode: 9061538400

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The book presents a vast panorama of the prolific and imaginative work of Philippe Samyn and Partners, placing it in context among the architectural movements of the last forty years. Their great achievement is the balance they have struck between architecture and engineering in a remarkable synthesis of spatial and structural concepts and the physical laws of construction. In the history of contemporary architecture, this position relates to that of rare innovators like Victor Horta, Frank Lloyd Wright, Auguste Perret or Jean Prouvé. It also links to the premises of the Modern Movement concerning the necessity of symbiosis between form, function and technique. Notable in this respect has been their continuous research into sustainable development with a strong emphasis on integration into the urban or rural environment. Though sometimes spectacular, it never indulges in gratuitous exhibitionism, courting fashion and notoriety. Rather it cultivates its own sense of harmony through the correctness of its proportions and the logic of its design. By training a civil engineer (ULB, 1971), town planner (ULB, 1973) and architect (ENSAV - La Cambre, 1985), Philippe Samyn also obtained an MSCE diploma (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973) and holds the degree of Doctor of Applied Sciences (ULg, 1999). He is a member of the Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.

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