Explores Gilbert Simondon's concept of 'preliminary operations' and the development of architectural specification through three distinct typologies - 'naming', 'process-based', and 'performance specification.
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Katie Lloyd Thomas is Professor of Theory and History of Architecture at Newcastle University. Previous publications include Material Matters (2007) and Industries of Architecture (2015).
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. At a time of unprecedented levels of change in the production of building materials and their deployment in construction, better theoretical and historical tools are needed to understand these new developments and how they are altering the practices and concepts of architecture. Building Materials offers a radical rethink of how materials, as they are constituted in architectural practice, are themselves constructed and, in turn, uncovers a vast and neglected resource of architectural writing about materials as they are mobilized in architecture.The book is unique in conceiving architectural specification as a starting point for architectural theory, arguing that how materials are prescribed - through a range of practices from the literal processes of procurement and manufacture to epistemological, contractual, social and economic frameworks - radically alters their potential in architecture. Drawing on the work of French philosopher Gilbert Simondon, as well as close readings of everyday specifications from the 18th to 21st centuries, the book reveals that materials do not pre-exist their shaping or use in the world, but come into being through the processes that constitute them.The book addresses three distinct methods of specification each through the lens of a different material naming through timber, process-based through concrete, and performance specification through glass in turn revealing how the process of architectural specification (or Preliminary Operations as Simondon puts it) allows for the development of specific relationships between material and function. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781350176225
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Etat : New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Über den AutorKatie Lloyd ThomasInhaltsverzeichnisList of IllustrationsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction Simondon and the SpecificationBuilding Materials: an ontogene. N° de réf. du vendeur 465175729
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