
Prototyping for Architects
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 16. May 2016
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-500-34305-0 (ISBN)
Description
Prototyping is an essential part of the designer's repertoire. Designers prototype their projects to test them, structurally, aesthetically, technically. Whether the prototype works or not is not the point: prototyping is the revelatory process through which the designer gains insight. There are three reasons why contemporary prototyping techniques are transforming the way architects design and build: 1) at a miniature scale, prototyping aids the architect in the presentation to clients of complex spatial ideas; 2) prototyping empowers the architect-designer to test and prove a building's feasibility, leading to more open-minded construction solutions; 3) whether additive (3D printing) or subtractive (robotic milling), prototyping can lead to unexpected and exciting new possibilities within design as a whole, across design disciplines, thus blurring the boundaries between them in highly creative ways. The book has four sections: an introduction that charts the rise of prototyping in design history, more specifically in architecture; an overview of techniques; a survey section featuring 30 projects, each presented through texts drawn from first-hand interviews, on-site photographs and drawings; and a reference section, which includes a glossary of technical terms.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
With over 700 illustrations in colour and black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 217 mm
Weight
1230 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-34305-0 (9780500343050)
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Persons
Jane Burry is a research fellow at RMIT's Spatial Information Information Architecture Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia.