Making The Plus

Industrial production is considered one of the biggest sources of pollution in the world. In 2020, Norwegian furniture manufacturer Vestre decided to prove that a different future is possible. Together with architects from the Danish Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Vestre drew up plans for a green factory deep in the Norwegian forests: Making The Plus not only takes you through the construction process of the "world's most sustainable furniture factory," documented by renowned photographer Einar Aslaksen. It also broadens our view on how architecture, industry, nature, and the public space have to be completely intertwined moving toward a sustainable future.
VESTRE is an Oslo-based urban furniture maker with offices all over the world. For more than 75 years, the family-owned company has been driven by the mission to create social and caring public meeting places for millions of people. It is committed to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CoverTitlepageContentsSomeone has to Take the Lead: If We are to Accelerate the Green ShiftPlus, ça change: Vestre, BIG and the Clean FactoryConstruction: Photographed by Einar Aslaksen Dec 2020 - Jan 2023Roundtable: A New Standard for Industrial SustainabilityOperation: Photographed by Einar Aslaksen Feb 2022-Jan 2023Elements of The PlusConsultants & SuppliersColophonAcknowledgements

Zusammenfassung

Industrial production is considered one of the biggest sources of pollution in the world. In 2020, Norwegian furniture manufacturer Vestre decided to prove that a different future is possible. Together with architects from the Danish Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Vestre drew up plans for a green factory deep in the Norwegian forests: Making The Plus not only takes you through the construction process of the “world’s most sustainable furniture factory,” documented by renowned photographer Einar Aslaksen. It also broadens our view on how architecture, industry, nature, and the public space have to be completely intertwined moving toward a sustainable future.
VESTRE is an Oslo-based urban furniture maker with offices all over the world. For more than 75 years, the family-owned company has been driven by the mission to create social and caring public meeting places for millions of people. It is committed to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Agerman R, Johanna Agerman Ross, Susannah Hagan, Marianne Preus Jacobsen
• Mitarbeit: Einar Aslaksen (Fotografien), Vestre AS (Herausgeber), Annahita Kamali et al (Herausgeber), Vestre AS Marianne Preus Jacobsen (Herausgeber), Marianne Preus Jacobsen Vestre AS (Herausgeber), Marianne Preus Jacobsen Vestre AS zusamme (Herausgeber), Vestre AS (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.08.2024
• EAN: 9783775754231
• ISBN: 978-3-7757-5423-1
• Seiten: 208
• Abmessung: 211 mm x 289 mm x 289 mm
• Gewicht: 845 g
• Illustration: 170 Abb.
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Architektur; Umweltschutz, Verstehen, Norwegen, Einzelne Architekten und Architekturbüros, Hochbau und Baustoffe, Sustainability, Bjarke Ingels, BIG, Architecture, entdecken, Climate Change, Angewandte Ökologie, Future, Baugewerbe und Schwerindustrie, Norway, Building, Factory, BREEAM, Sustainable Development Goals, furniture, transparency, Green Economy, Konstruktions- & Bauindustrie, Public Space, Vestre, Green Industry, Social furniture, Green Shift