Are You a Model? : On an Architectural Medium of Spatial Exploration / editors, Anna-Maria Meister [and five others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meister, Anna-Maria, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architectural models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.) : 39 farb. und s/w Abb.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Jovis Verlag GmbH, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Are You a Model? erkundet das Modell als architektonisches Werkzeug und Praxis. Der Band betrachtet Architekturmodelle nicht in starren Kategorien, sondern nähert sich ihnen durch Fragen wie: Was bestimmt die Funktionen und Wirkungskräfte eines Modells? Wann im Entwurfsprozess entfaltet es seine Kraft und wann hat es seinen Zweck erfüllt? Ausgehend von neun übergreifenden Fragen vereint dieses Buch interdisziplinäre Stimmen aus Architektur, Kunstgeschichte sowie architektonischer und kuratorischer Praxis und Software Engineering. 31 Beiträge verflechten Perspektiven aus verschiedenen Regionen und Disziplinen, und suchen dabei nicht nach abschließenden Antworten, sondern offenbaren überraschende Gemeinsamkeiten. Modelle werden hier somit nicht nach Entstehungszeit, Genre oder Material klassifiziert, sondern als epistemologisch vielfältige Praxis verstanden.

Are You a Model? explores the model as architectural tool and practice. The volume approaches architectural models not as categorical objects but through questions such as: What determines a model’s functions and agencies? When in the design process does it unfold its power and when has it served its purpose? Based on nine overarching questions, the book brings together interdisciplinary voices from architecture, art history as well as architectural and curatorial practice, and software engineering. 31 contributions interweave perspectives from various disciplines and geographies, and reveal surprising affinities rather than seeking conclusive answers. Models are thus not classified according to time of origin, genre, or material, but rather understood as an epistemologically diverse practice.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Are You a Model?

Does Size Matter? On Models and Scale

Who Made Me? On the Material Production of Models

Give Me Access! On Models in Participatory Processes

What the Hell Happened to Me? On the Afterlife and Decay of Models

What Is My Act? On Models as Actors and Stages

Am I the Real Thing? On Copies and Casts

Do We Look Alike? On Digital Multiples, Twins, and Simulation Processes

What Can You Learn from Me? On Model Didactics

Are You an Ethical Agent? On Thomas Demand’s Demonstration

Biographical Notes

Index

Imprint

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Jun 2024)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-9861207-3-4