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Forming and centering : foundational aspects of architectural design / Kenneth M. Moffett, AIA, Bullock Smith & Partners Inc., Knoxville, TN, USA.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moffett, Kenneth M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architectural design.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bingley : Emerald Publishing, 2017.
- Summary:
- Nearly every work of architecture can be characterized by specific approaches to forming and centering. An awareness of these "underpinnings" would facilitate a more informed approach to architectural design problems, as well as a deeper understanding of the central issues (and flaws) embodied by completed works of architecture. But the addressing of such topics has generally remained multifarious and diverse: more in the nature of a collection of independent issues than an overarching analytical argument. In this book, fresh looks at such issues are assembled and recast into a fully integrated narrative, based on two foundational and complementary aspects of architectural design: those that give shape and those that give focus-forming and centering.
- Contents:
- Part I FORMING
- 1. Unitary
- 2. Addition
- Adjoining
- Linear Linking
- Matrix Embedding
- Touching
- Enfacing
- Collidive Embedding
- Superposition
- Encapsulation
- "Z Axis" Cases
- 3. Replication
- Duplication & Regression: Singular
- Linear
- Planar
- Volumetric
- 4. Subtraction
- Plan Oriented: One, Two, Three Dimensions
- Elevation Oriented: One, Two, Three Dimensions
- Variants on the Mediating Cases "Ultimate" Subtraction
- 5. Deformation
- Tensile
- Compressive
- Shear
- Bending
- Torque
- Biomorphic
- Explosive
- Implosive
- 6. Dimensionalities
- Volumetric/Planar
- Volumetric/Linear
- Planar/Linear
- Volumetric/Planar/Linear
- 7. Formative Hybrids
- Part II CENTERING
- 8. Limiting Cases
- Radials: Core- and Void-Centered
- Shells: Core- and Void-Centered
- 9. Linking Cases
- Full Penumbras: Core- and Void-Centered
- Partial Penumbras: Core- and Void-Centered
- Unitary Redux
- 10. Centering Hybrids
- Additive: Linear Linking
- Embedding
- Replicative: Cores
- Grids
- Subtractive: Incrementation
- Subtractive Accommodation
- Deformative: Morphing
- Deformative Accommodation
- 11. Conclusions
- Forming Modes Related
- Centering Modes Related
- Forming & Centering Related.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 28, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 1-78635-828-X
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