1. Edition - July 2008
29.90 Euro
2008. 136 Pages, Softcover
- Monograph -
ISBN-10: 0-470-51947-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-51947-9 - John Wiley & Sons






Sample Chapter

Short description
In the last decade, the interface of CAD (computer-aided drawing) and CAM (computer-aided manufacture) has opened up a whole new range of possibilities for architects. Structures, prototypes, and three-dimensional objects can now be crafted, assembled, and installed as a direct consequence of digital drawings and the information/instructions embedded within them. Protoarchitecture explores the innovative work being done when moving from the world of analogue to digital, which is now responsible for invigorating new and worn tools and redefining the scope and expertise of those who use them. Including the work of an international group of designers from Belgium, Canada, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, UK, and U.S., this exciting book gives architects and students a spectacular look at what can be imagined and built today.

From the contents
Introduction

Protoarchitecture: Between the Analogue and the Digital

Bob Sheil

The Wonder of Trivial Machines

Stephen Gage

Strandbeests

Theo Jansen

Drawn into Space: Zaha Hadid

Lebbeus Woods

Convoluted Flesh: A Synthetic Approach to Analogue and Digital Architecture

Marjan Colletti and Marcos Cruz

The Memory of an Elephant

Bob Sheil

Thinking with Matter

Mark West

Prosthetic Mythologies

Kate Davies and Emmanuel Vercruysse

Flora_Flex: In Search of Synthetic Immortality

Evan Douglis

Screens

Niall McLaughlin

Out of the Phase: Making an Approach to Architecture and Landscape

Mark Smout and Laura Allen

Objects after Image

Shin Egashira

Robotic Membranes: Exploring a Textile Architecture of Behaviour

Mette Ramsgard Thomsen

Mapping the Invisible Landscape: An Exercise in Spatially Choreographed Sound

Paul Bavister

Interior Eye

Well-MADE New York City Apartments

Jayne Merkel

Building Profile

Shoreditch Roof Apartment

David Littlefield

Practice Profile

Jamie Fobert Architects: Inside Out

Howard Watson

Userscape

Inhabiting the Body and the Spaces of Interaction

Valentina Croci

Unit Factor

Can Architectural Design Be Research? Fabricating Complexity

Michael Weinstock

Spiller's Bits

Radical Experimentation As Research: AVATAR

Neil Spiller

Yeang's Eco-Files

Anthropoidal Energy Production:

Generating and Harvesting Electricity From Human Power

Ken Yeang

McLean's Nuggets

Will McLean