The Diagrams of Architecture - Couverture souple

Garcia, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0470519452 ISBN 13 : 9780470519455

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2010

Synopsis

* The first definitive book on the diagram in architecture - an umbrella work that brings together key images and essential reading.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Since the 1980s, the diagram has become a preferred method for researching, communicating, theorising and making architectural designs, ideas and projects. Thus the rise of the diagram, as opposed to the model or the drawing, is the one of the most significant new developments in the process of design in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Diagrams of Architecture is the first anthology to represent – through texts and diagrams – the histories, theories and futures of architecture through the diagram.

Spanning the Pre–historic to the Parametric, Diagrams of Architecture illustrates over 250 diagrams and brings together 26 previously published and newly commissioned essays from leading international academics, architects, theorists and professional experts. These combine to define the past and future of the diagram′s discourse. Prefaced with a critical introduction by Mark Garcia, each text investigates a central concept or dimension of the diagram ranging from socio–cultural studies, science, philosophy, technology, CAD/CAM, computing and cyberspace and virtual/digital design to methodology, environment/sustainability and phenomenological, poetic and art architecture; as well as interior, urban, engineering, interactive and landscape design.

·         The first critical, multidisciplinary book on the history, theory and futures of the architectural diagram.

·         Includes seminal articles on the diagram from the history and theory of architecture such as those by Peter Eisenman, Sanford Kwinter, MVRDV, Neil Spiller, Lars Spuybroek, UN Studio and Anthony Vidler.

·         Features 16 newly commissioned articles by leading architects and theorists, including Will Alsop, Charles Jencks, Hanif Kara, Patrik Schumacher, Bernard Tschumi, Leon van Schaik and Alejandro Zaera–Polo.

·         Includes a full–colour critical collection of over 250 of the most significant and original diagrams, many of which are previously unpublished, in the history of architecture from around the world.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book will provide a definitive reader, compiling essays from previously published texts and newly commissioned essays from leading academics, architects and other specialists, each text is prefaced by a brief critical and accessible introduction by Mark Garcia and illustrated with the first–ever collection of spatial design diagrams by architects, engineers, academics and designers from around the world. Case–study single–page and double page spread ‘capsules’ distributed throughout the book describe the creation, meaning and importance of the most important diagrams in today’s leading–edge exemplars of interior, architectural, landscape and urban design.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470519452
• ISBN 13: 9780470519455
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 320