Soft Living Architecture
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Soft Living Architecture
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Author : Rachel Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-09-06
Soft Living Architecture written by Rachel Armstrong and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-06 with Architecture categories.
Soft Living Architecture explores the invention of new architectures based on living processes. It crafts a unique intersection between two fast-developing disciplines: biomimicry and biodesign in architecture, and bioinformatics and natural computing in the natural sciences. This is the first book to examine both the theory and methodology of architecture and design working directly with the natural world. It explores a range of approaches from the use of life-like systems in building design to the employment of actual growing and living cell and tissue cultures as architectural materials - creating architecture that can change, learn and grow with us. The use of 'living architecture' is cutting-edge and speculative, yet it is also inspiring a growing number of designers worldwide to adopt alternative perspectives on sustainability and environmental design. The book examines the ethical and theoretical issues arising alongside case-studies of experimental practice, to explore what we mean by 'natural' in the Anthropocene, and raise deep questions about the nature of design and the design of nature. This provocative and at times controversial book shows why it will become ever more necessary to embrace living processes in architecture if we are to thrive in a sustainable future.
Experimental Architecture
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Author : Rachel Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-06-11
Experimental Architecture written by Rachel Armstrong and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-11 with Architecture categories.
In this ground-breaking book, the first to provide an overview of the theory and practice of experimental architecture, Rachel Armstrong explores how interdisciplinary, design-led research practices are beginning to redefine the possibilities of architecture as a profession. Drawing on experts from disciplines as varied as information technology, mathematics, poetry, graphic design, scenography, bacteriology, marine applied science and robotics, Professor Armstrong delineates original, cutting-edge architectural experiments through essays, quotes, poetry, equations and stories. Written by an acknowledged pioneer of architectural experiment, this visionary book is ideal for students and researchers wishing to engage in experimental, practice-based architectural and artistic research. It introduces radical new ideas about architecture and provides ideas and inspiration which students and researchers can apply in their own work and proposals, while practitioners can draw on it to transform their creative assumptions and develop thereby a distinctive "edge" to stand out in a highly competitive profession.
Living Architecture How Synthetic Biology Can Remake Our Cities And Reshape Our Lives
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Author : Rachel Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: TED Books
Release Date : 2012
Living Architecture How Synthetic Biology Can Remake Our Cities And Reshape Our Lives written by Rachel Armstrong and has been published by TED Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Architectural design categories.
Experiencing Architecture Second Edition
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Author : Steen Eiler Rasmussen
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1964-03-15
Experiencing Architecture Second Edition written by Steen Eiler Rasmussen and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964-03-15 with Architecture categories.
A classic examination of superb design through the centuries. Widely regarded as a classic in the field, Experiencing Architecture explores the history and promise of good design. Generously illustrated with historical examples of designing excellence—ranging from teacups, riding boots, and golf balls to the villas of Palladio and the fish-feeding pavilion of Beijing's Winter Palace—Rasmussen's accessible guide invites us to appreciate architecture not only as a profession, but as an art that shapes everyday experience. In the past, Rasmussen argues, architecture was not just an individual pursuit, but a community undertaking. Dwellings were built with a natural feeling for place, materials and use, resulting in “a remarkably suitable comeliness.” While we cannot return to a former age, Rasmussen notes, we can still design spaces that are beautiful and useful by seeking to understand architecture as an art form that must be experienced. An understanding of good design comes not only from one's professional experience of architecture as an abstract, individual pursuit, but also from one's shared, everyday experience of architecture in real time—its particular use of light, color, shape, scale, texture, rhythm and sound. Experiencing Architecture reminds us of what good architectural design has accomplished over time, what it can accomplish still, and why it is worth pursuing. Wide-ranging and approachable, it is for anyone who has ever wondered “what instrument the architect plays on.”
Vertical Living
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Author : Robert Klanten
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Vertical Living written by Robert Klanten and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Architecture categories.
Mass urbanization. Population growth. All happening faster than we can build for. As global populations are projected to shift to 80-90% urban in the next 30 years, architects are faced with a growing challenge: how to accommodate all this growth in limited space? At the same time, movements around downsizing and living with less are redefining how we live. Vertical Living explores the future of residential architecture in growing cities. The book looks at ingenious architectural solutions: impossibly skinny houses wedged into narrow plots, spacious homes built into neglected infill sites and comfortable homes created in tiny spaces. By combining inspirational projects, in-depth features and engaging profiles of architects around the world, Vertical Living will offer a new way of looking at how we live in the built environment.
Architecture And The Smart City
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Author : Sergio M. Figueiredo
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-10-18
Architecture And The Smart City written by Sergio M. Figueiredo and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-18 with Architecture categories.
Increasingly the world around us is becoming ‘smart.’ From smart meters to smart production, from smart surfaces to smart grids, from smart phones to smart citizens. ‘Smart’ has become the catch-all term to indicate the advent of a charged technological shift that has been propelled by the promise of safer, more convenient and more efficient forms of living. Most architects, designers, planners and politicians seem to agree that the smart transition of cities and buildings is in full swing and inevitable. However, beyond comfort, safety and efficiency, how can ‘smart design and technologies’ assist to address current and future challenges of architecture and urbanism? Architecture and the Smart City provides an architectural perspective on the emergence of the smart city and offers a wide collection of resources for developing a better understanding of how smart architecture, smart cities and smart systems in the built environment are discussed, designed and materialized. It brings together a range of international thinkers and practitioners to discuss smart systems through four thematic sections: ‘Histories and Futures’, ‘Agency and Control’, ‘Materialities and Spaces’ and ‘Networks and Nodes’. Combined, these four thematic sections provide different perspectives into some of the most pressing issues with smart systems in the built environment. The book tackles questions related to the future of architecture and urbanism, lessons learned from global case studies and challenges related to interdisciplinary research, and critically examines what the future of buildings and cities will look like.
The Big Book Of Chic
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Author : Miles Redd
language : en
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Release Date : 2020-06-24
The Big Book Of Chic written by Miles Redd and has been published by Assouline Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-24 with Travel categories.
Internationally acclaimed interior design sensation Miles Redd is known for his quirky brand of cozy glamour. His unique aesthetic vision is characterized by playful mélanges of high and low, invigorated with whimsical splashes of color and modern gestures. Drawing on inspirations ranging from Richard Avedon fashion photographs to Rene Gruau illustrations, Redd has crafted interiors for a wide array of venues. His Trademark approach to design has brought to life rooms infused with boldness, fantasy, and sophistication. This lavishly illustrated volume will be an inspiration to anyone interested in spirited, eclectic design.
Flexible Housing
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Author : Tatjana Schneider
language : en
Publisher: Architectual Press
Release Date : 2007
Flexible Housing written by Tatjana Schneider and has been published by Architectual Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Architecture categories.
Flexible housing is housing that can adjust to changing needs and patterns, both social and technological. This book argues that flexible housing has the potential to make a key contribution to more adaptable and therefore more sustainable buildings, showing how it has clear social and economic benefits. As the first comprehensive overview of this important subject, the book examines the past, present and future of flexible housing, collecting together over 160 international examples of the genre as a major point of reference. Combining history, theory and design, the book both makes the case for flexible housing and also shows the various ways by which it has been, and can be, achieved. Specially commissioned plans, printed to scale, together with over 200 illustrations and diagrams allow direct visual comparisons to be easily made. The book ends with an accessible guide to how flexible housing might be designed and constructed; it is thus both a major historical reference and an immediately useful manual. It will be of immense value to housing architects and designers, housing managers and developers, and to students of architecture, construction and housing.
White Papers 2019
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Author : Philip Beesley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-03
White Papers 2019 written by Philip Beesley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03 with categories.
The Living Architecture Systems Group is an interdisciplinary partnership of academics, artists, designers, and industry partners dedicated to researching and developing next-generation architectural environments. Projects produced by this group are now showing qualities that come strikingly close to life. These experimental works can move, respond, explore, learn, and adapt.Open boundaries and expanded dimensions run throughout the studies, exploring the scales of new adaptive and responsive architecture, from intimate personal spaces to regional infrastructures. Dimensions at the edges of human perception, subtle phenomena, immersive sonic environments, and precise measurements using innovative software controls are included. Deep involvement in computation and material craft is offered, reflecting the unparalleled new abilities of designers to precisely addressing material performance. This White Papers 2019 volume offers readers a sense of the variety and depth of research that is being conducted by Living Architecture Systems Group.
The Architecture Machine
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Author : Nicholas Negroponte
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Architecture Machine written by Nicholas Negroponte and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Architecture categories.