Research & design : the architecture of variation
Title:
Research & design : the architecture of variation
Author:
Spuybroek, Lars.
ISBN:
9780500342572
Publication Information:
New York : Thames & Hudson, 2009.
Physical Description:
194 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
General Note:
"In this book, theory, history and research are integrated with digital design techniques and computer-based fabrication technologies to give us a first peek into what the future of architecture may look like"--P. [4] of cover.
Contents:
Essays on uniformity and variety. Material evolvability and variability / Manuel DeLanda ; The Moire effect in architecture / Christopher Hight ; Variations in evolutionary biology / Mark Kirschner ; The radical picturesque / Lars Spuybroek ; Uniformity and variability in architectural practice / Ali Rahim ; Variability, variety and evolution in early 20th-century bioconstructivisms / Detlef Mertins -- Figure-configuration taxonomies. Pattern indexing : William Morris wallpapers ; Pattern indexing : Art nouveau s-curves ; Catalog of variations : poodles ; Catalog of variations : roses -- Textile catalog houses. Textile computing / Lars Spuybroek ; Textile catalog ; Bubble stitch house / Youngjin Yoon ; Stacked and packed house / Frederick Godbolt ; Form + mold house / Alex Deutschman ; Bespoke house / Jeremy Magner ; Balloon house / Erasmus Ikpemgbe ; Vertebrate house / Allison Isaacs ; Tangled surface house / Andrâe James ; Split house / Hanyun Huang ; Carpet house / Miharu Morimoto.
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