UID:
kobvindex_INT0001357
Format:
83 pages
,
illustrations (black and white), plans
,
22 x 15.5 cm
ISBN:
9783035611472
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9783038215202
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3035611475
,
3038215201
Series Statement:
Basics (Birkhäuser)
Content:
"Architects often employ design methods to help them find more creative forms. These methods make it possible to break free of the traditional canon of forms and established paradigms. At the same time, there must be enough leeway for a functional, systematic design conception to take shape. This volume focuses in depth on the design methods that have decisively shaped current architectural practice. Themes are - Diagrammatic methods (using drawings and schematic representations), - Mimetic methods (imitative), - Parametric methods (using a characteristic quantity), - Automated and digital design methods of the contemporary avant-garde, e.g. scaling, datascapes, folding, and morphing."
Note:
Foreword -- Introduction -- NATURE AND GEOMETRY AS AUTHORITIES : Biomorphic architecture ; Quadrature and triangulation -- MUSIC AND MATHEMATICS AS MODELS : Musical analogies ; Higher Dimensions ; Proportions -- ACCIDENT AND THE UNCONSCIOUS AS SOURCES : Heterotopia ; Surrealist devices -- RATIONALIST APPROACHES : Performance form ; Design research -- PRECEDENT : Typology ; Transformation of a specific model -- RESPONSES TO SITE : Regionalism ; Contextualism -- GENERATIVE PROCESSES : Superposition and scaling ; Morphing, folding and animate form ; Datascape ; Diagrams ; Parametric design -- In conclusion -- APPENDIX : Literature ; Picture credits ; The authors
Language:
English
Keywords:
Handbooks and manuals
