Induction Design
A Method for Evolutionary Design
Makoto Sei Watanabe(Author)
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
93 pages
978-3-7643-6641-4 (ISBN)
Description
City planning is a concept which usually covers the wide range of events, processes and developments taking place in our cities, but individual plans and designs cannot do justice to the complex realities of the city. In "Induction Cities" the author aims to take the reader beyond our traditional understanding of city design to redefine our perception of design in this context. With the assistance of computers, a dynamic mechanism will be created which generates a result corresponding to the specific conditions and requirements stipulated. By this form of "meta-design" a greater degree of freedom is obtained than the conventional design methods provide.
In this publication, this new theory and process is analysed, looking at the first computer-generated architecture in the world, the underground station "Iidabashi"in Tokyo.
Makoto Sei Watanabe studied architecture and worked in the office of Arata Isozaki in Tokyo. In 1984 he founded his own architectural office which has realised numerous projects.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
Switzerland
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Popular/general
Product notice
Klappenbroschur
Illustrations
118 s/w Abbildungen, 28 farbige Abbildungen
28 Illustrations, color; 118 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm
Width: 12 cm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7643-6641-4 (9783764366414)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Makoto Sei Watanabe studied architecture and worked in the office of Arata Isozaki in Tokyo. In 1984 he founded his own architectural office which has realised numerous projects.