Strange objects, new solids, and massive things : Archi-Tectonics / [author, Winka Dubbeldam].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dubbeldam, Winka, author, interviewee.

Contributor:

De Landa, Manuel, contributor.

Saunders, Zack, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dubbeldam, Winka.

Archi-Tectonics (Firm)--Catalogs.

Archi-Tectonics (Firm).

Dubbeldam, Winka--Catalogs.

Architecture--Technological innovations.

Architecture.

Architectural practice, International.

Architecture, Postmodern--Pictorial works.

Architecture, Postmodern.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

364 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans (some color) ; 28 cm

Other Title:

New solids

Massive things

Place of Publication:

New York : Actar Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

A manual for a non-standard approach to research and design in architecture. For close to a century, modernism was the norm, presented to culturally aware citizens as the expression of modern life. It arrived hand in hand with medical advances, mass standardization, and a shared ideal of what the ease and speed of the modern lifestyle could offer. Only in the early years of the 21st century did our widespread allegiance begin to shift away from modernism and towards a new social realm. The digital revolution introduced online societies, niche cultures, and digital design. Digital manufacturing facilitated opportunities of surface patterning and the fabrication of one-off special building components, removing the constraints of standardization in the construction industry and celebrating the experimental. Testing designs through prototypes allows for a much more informed decision-making process. The focus is on precise, rigorous research and development, rather than the usual representational models. Now, after nearly two decades of implementing digital tools, we have reached a new platform where digital design and robotic production are the norm, and by extension, digital craft and integral design are as the future. This has been particularly important in the rethinking of advanced digital design processes. As showcased and examined in Strange Objects, New Solids and Massive Forms, from the earliest projects and regardless of scale, Archi-Tectonics has valued performance over form, design intelligence over style. Through prototypes and mock-ups, process documentation and testimonials, the book presents 10 current and recent projects that celebrate the particular and singular over the ideal and universal.

Contents:

(mostly from table of contents) A system of order-disordered manual / by Jonathan Jackson

Strange objects / by Winka Dubbeldam

Smooth objects

Anomalies

The new materiality / by Manuel DeLanda

Smart skin

Interview with Winka Dubbeldam / by Zack Saunders

Project index (comprising lists of technical details and personnel for each venture).

Notes:

Statement of responsibility from page 364.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781948765701

1948765705

OCLC:

1226565852