Inspiration : Contemporary Design Methods in Architecture

Juliane Demel

ISBN 10: 9063692676 / ISBN 13: 9789063692674

Published by Cassell Dez 2013, 2013

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Neuware - Design methodology in architecture and design has changed significantly over the last ten years, taking on major significance. More than ever, graphic attributes are used in contemporary architecture. A number of these new design methods and applications emerged through the use of digital media, leading to a paradigm shift in the way we design. BIS Publishers has already showcased these new design methods in a series of small books on form experiments in architecture and design, such as Folding Architecture and Supersurfaces (Vyzoviti) and Modular Structures (Agkatidis), but no comprehensive book on the topic had been published until now.Inspiration: Contemporary Design Methods in Architecture is a comprehensive compilation of work samples and ideas on design and gestalt, illustrations and graphic configurations, textures and structures, as well as form and spatial development. This book features more than 800 examples of abstract compositions that relate to architectural design methods and principles. These methodologies find their ground in the work of contemporary architectural design practice, while still being highly applicable to other related creative fields. Inspiration showcases hundreds of examples, models, sketches, and renderings of abstract architectural design applications. In addition to this substantial body of visual work, the book also documents and details the generative process and production of these design creations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inspiration : Contemporary Design Methods in Architecture
• Publisher: Cassell Dez 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9063692676
• ISBN 13: 9789063692674
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 302W x 246H x 32D millimeters 302 millimeters width by 246 millimeters height by 32 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1922 grams

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Synopsis

Inspiration provides a comprehensive overview of new design methods and techniques that are emerging in the field of architecture. Many of these design methods make use of digital media and computer algorithms. Some already existed for a long time, but are reinvented in new ways, like design by folding paper materials. These new methodologies have changed the way architects and students design.

The book showcases hundreds of examples, models, sketches, and renderings of architectural designs within dozens of different methodologies, including:

Designing with basic elements (lines, circles, squares, planes, dots)Pattern development (texture, axes, grids, symmetry)Spacial patterns (structure, matrix, modules)Typography as a design tool (psychological phenomena, composition theory, color design)Nonspatial and spatial transformations (figure ground relations, additive spatial design, spatial effects)Basic spatial design, complex spatial design, and parametric design

About the Author

Mark Mückenheim is founder and principal of FRAMA Architects BDA in Duesseldorf, Germany, and a visiting professor for architectural design at the Technical University Munich. He has lectured and acted as a guest critic at numerous institutions in Germany and abroad. Among other schools, he taught for more than six years at the distinguished RWTH Aachen before being appointed as a visiting professor at the TU Munich in 2009. Educated in Germany, the United States, and England, sponsored by a Fulbright scholarship and a DAAD grand, Mückenheim received his Master of Architecture from Parsons School of Design, New York, and his Graduate Diploma in Architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

Juliane Demel is an assistant professor and research assistant at the Architecture department, chair for principles of architectural design at the Technical University Munich. Before her teaching engagement at the TUM, she worked at CAUPD in Beijing, where she conducted a research on Chinas sustainable development for the reconstruction of the earthquake effected area Beichuan under sustainable aspects. After studying in Germany and at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, she received her Diploma in Architecture and Urban Design from the University Braunschweig, Germany.