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Devices : a manual of architectural + spatial machines / C.J. Lim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lim, C. J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Machine design--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Machine design.
- Inventions--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Inventions.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 254 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Architectural Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- Embedding memories into landscape. Measuring moisture, pressure and wind speed within a bedroom. Drawing power with a potato. These are but a few of the preoccupations described within this book. Devices is a manual celebrating the invention of architectural and spatial machines. Nostalgic, metaphorical, analytical or even the down-right daft, each of the illustrated pieces demonstrates the potential for spatial occupation, leading to new territories in architectural design.
- A detailed analysis of each device and a 'recipe' for its construction is provided, including working drawings, assembly diagrams, materials and component descriptions. The reader will not only gain an insight into the technical makeup of the devices, but will have all the information at their fingertips to design and construct ground-breaking innovations of their own. With over 40 devices, this book will inspire architects, designers, engineers and artists alike.
- Contents:
- A Sound Diary / Jimmy Hung 10
- An Instrument of Pilgrimage / Nick Westby 14
- Anticipation / Jon Ashmore, Grace Craddock, Tom Holberton 18
- Anticipation Navigator / Bernd Felsinger 22
- Bellow / Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis 28
- Blurred Spaces / Tsuyoshi To 30
- Climatic Threat / Lucy Evans, Kostas Grigoriadis, Adam Wood 36
- Daycaster / Charlie Sutherland, Charlie Hussey 48
- Drawing Fiction / Jerry Tate 54
- Drawing Instrument / Nat Chard 60
- Eavesdropping / Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis 64
- Edge Monkey / William Thorne 68
- Floating Lanterns / Louise Yeung, Anthony Lau, Denis Tsang 70
- Floodscape / Denis Tsang, Louise Yeung, Anthony Lau 76
- Haircutting Machine / Shuheng Huang 80
- Haptic Gloves / James Ward, Juliet Aston 82
- Hydro-kinetic Hinge Assemblage / Matthew Springett 86
- I See What You Hear / Mette Ramsgard Thomsen 90
- Light Fibre Field / Chris Leung 96
- Light Rings / Dimitris Argyros 102
- Light Volumiser / Imogen Long 108
- Litmus / Jason Bruges Studio 114
- Mayflies / Alvin Seng Chun Tan 118
- Mealtimes / Jasmin Sohi 122
- Microclimate of a Bedroom / Marcus Brett 126
- Motion of Swarm / Tom Elliott 132
- Narrative Projector / Andrew Stanforth 136
- Nocturnal Ventilator / Nick Browne 140
- Nostalgia / Jonathan Hagos 146
- Pinhole Camera / Julius Klaffke 152
- Smoking Stool / Pascal Bronner 160
- Spud-master 204 / Tony Lau 168
- Star Gazer / Maxwell Mutanda 172
- Storm Topography / Mark Shaw, Ursula Thompson 176
- Talking Feathers / Alina White, Rene Nedergaard, Ed Lipton 184
- The Dry Stone Waller / Rachel Bethan Cruise 188
- The Shipping Forecast / John Craske 194
- Thorax Cybernation / Neil Tomlinson 202
- Through the Looking Lens / Jimmy Kim 206
- Transient / Geraldine Holland 214
- Untitled / Edward Liu 218
- Urban Diviner / John Oliver, Alex Tucker, Lawrence Wong 224
- Weekend Coat / Joerg Majer 228
- Wet Bog Camera / Nat Chard 236
- ...and left to my own devices, I probably would... / Simon Chadwick 242
- Devices as they appear to a Western Engineer / Matthew Wells 248.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Accession Fund for the Built Environment Collections.
- ISBN:
- 0750663847
- 9780750663847
- OCLC:
- 62346603
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