Contemporary Architecture

And the Digital Design Process

Peter Szalapaj

280 pages, parution le 24/03/2004

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Résumé

Contemporary Architecture and the Digital Design Process introduces the reader to new developments in the computer modelling of design form in contemporary architectural practice through a series of detailed case studies. The book illustrates how evolving design practices use and exploit the potential of new computing technologies in a wide range of areas and application. A central thesis of this book is that technology follows design demand, rather than design adjusting to available new technology. Designers are not merely passive recipients of prescribed computing tools and techniques. Instead, they are increasingly able to express their intuitive design ideas through the rational medium of computing. The book features several contemporary building projects, each of which introduces a range of CAD and computing issues based upon the work of creative architectural and engineering design practices. These include the offices of Frank O. Gehry, Peter Cook and Colin Fournier, Anthony Hunt Associates, Peter Hubner, Szyskowitz-Kowalski, and Faulkner Brown. All these examples show what architects need to know and the skills they need to acquire to use advanced CAD technology.

Audience : Professional Architects and Civil Engineers, students of Architecture and Civil Engineering

L'auteur - Peter Szalapaj

Peter Szalapaj , Lecturer in CAD at the School of Architecture, University of Sheffield, UK

Sommaire

Introduction
The Visualisation of Complex Forms: What you see is what you get: a case study from Syskowitz-Kowalski
Pure Form: Solidifying Mathematics: a case study from Peter Hubner
Parametric Form: Variations on a Theme: a case study from Buro Happold
Express Vision: The Changing Face of Architecture: a case study from Peter Cook and Colin Fournier
Visionary Integration: Blessed Plotting: the Eden Project
The Well-Tempered Vision: Client as Patron, Quality on Demand: a case study from Faulkner Brown Architects
The Exuberant Vision: Throwing off Bowlines: a case study from Frank Gehry
Conclusion

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Elsevier
Auteur(s)	Peter Szalapaj
Parution	24/03/2004
Nb. de pages	280
Format	19 x 25
Couverture	Broché
Poids	620g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780750657167
ISBN13	978-0-7506-5716-7