OLD & NEW
DESIGN MANUAL FOR REVITALIZING EXISTING BUILDINGS
JAGER, FRANK PETER
onlab designed a new architecture publication for Birkhäuser out now!Old & New is a comprehensive documentation of design concepts that illustrate the entire range of dealing with existing buildings. Residential projects as well as spectacular building types are introduced in three chapters addition, transformation and conversion.
The cover is a metaphor for the books content.
The decision not to show buildings on the cover was done in favor of illustrating a metaphor for the three chapters. A threepart typographic model, which reads OLD and NEW at once, was developed following the three principles addition, transformation and conversion: to achieve a subtle reference to architecture we converted two-dimensional typography into a three-dimensional model. We added the words OLD and NEW by transforming two letters into one object. The result is a metaphor for the content which simultaneously reads the books title.
The page layout follows a compact design pattern and a strict separation of image pages and informational pages enables the reader to navigate easily through the book.
To provide easy comparison of projects and to help supply valuable information for designers and planners, onlab designed information graphics illustrating the detailed project data. On the contents page all facts and figures are compiled as an add-on to the Table of Contents and inside the chapters data is respectively assigned to the specific projects.
