Two Spheres: Physical and Strategic Design in Architecture

ISBN-13: 9780415782470 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 248 str.

Leonard Bachman

Opis

Explaining the connection of physical and strategic design, this book proposes an aesthetic connection between two equal aspects of architectural design: the ideal and the reality.

Spis treści

Introduction and Acknowledgements.  Preface Ken Hall.  Prologue  Part 1: Scoping Complexity  1. Postindustrial Emergence  2. Scoping Complexity  3. Buildings as Complex Systems  Part 2: Embracing Complexity  4: Encounters with Complexity  5. Converging into Complexity  6. Embracing Complexity  Part 3: Mapping Complexity onto the Realm  7. Mapping Complexity onto the Profession  8. Postindustrial Occupation in Architecture  9. The Domain of Education  10. The Domain of the Discipline

O autorze

Leonard R. Bachman is Associate Professor at the Gerald D. Hines School of Architecture, University of Houston, USA. He has served as President for the Society of Building Science Educators and as Secretary for the Architectural Research Centers Consortium.