Main entry:

Oyler Wu Collaborative.

Title & Author:

Puzzling assemblies / Oyler Wu Collaborative ; foreword by Thom Mayne ; edited by Owen Ouross ; essays by Nader Tehrani, Paul Lewis, Edward Ford, David Erdman, Marcelyn Gow, Anna Neimark.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

[Novato, California] : Oro Editions, [2025]
©2025

Description:

297 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 26 cm

Notes:
Title from cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Ideas. Section 1. Puzzle logics -- Assembly & tectonics -- Program -- Section -- Representation -- The inter-scalar: site/city/detail -- The tectonics of animacy / Nader Tehrani -- Thoughts on being pixelated / Edward Ford -- Program(ming) the mottle / David Erdman -- The constraints of section / Paul Lewis -- Reorienting the city / Marcelyn Gow -- A building. Building a... / Anna Neimark -- Investigations. Section 2. Primitives -- Sphericals -- Active inlays -- Inlay field -- Bricks & totems -- Hybrids -- Projects. Section 3. Lace -- Inlay furniture -- Slipjoint table -- Jack & Jill chairs -- Mission rock table -- Live wire -- Quicksilver -- Keelung cube -- The cube -- 3Ds culinary -- The exchange -- Ivanhill residence -- Cold War veterans memorial -- Intersphere -- Monarch tower -- Dunhua tower.

Summary:

"Puzzling Assemblies, by award-winning architects and educators Dwayne Oyler and Jenny Wu, is an in-depth investigation into the robust relationship between architectural concepts and puzzle logics. Organized into three primary sections, Puzzling Assemblies is a dissection of this idea--offering insights into its potential to enrich contemporary architectural thinking. Through rigorous design investigations, detailed drawings, and diverse analysis, Oyler Wu unpacks some of the fundamental assembly methods of puzzled forms and engage a series of physical and perceptual operations that boldly reimagine them at a range of scales. Succinctly composed and incisively abstract, Oyler Wu presents an inviting examination that expands on tectonic and aesthetic principles of this process, offering a fresh perspective on the evolution of their design approach. With essays from practicing architects like Nader Tehrani, Marcelyn Gow, Paul Lewis, Ed Ford, David Erdman, and Anna Neimark, and a new series of models and projects--Puzzling Assemblies presents a technical primer for multivalent explorations in design, introducing a methodology that emphasizes experimentation and discovery"--McNally Jackson independent booksellers' website.

ISBN:

1961856905 (hbk.)
9781961856905 (hbk.)

Subject:

Oyler Wu Collaborative.
Art and architecture Philosophy.
Architecture Philosophy.
Architectural design.
Puzzles Design.
Space (Architecture)
Architecture Philosophie.
Design architectural.
Espace (Architecture)
Art et architecture Philosophie.
architectural theory.

Added entries:

Oyler, Dwayne.
Wu, Jenny, (Architect).
Mayne, Thom, writer of foreword.
Duross, Owen, editor.
Tehrani, Nader, 1963- writer of supplementary textual content.
Ford, Edward R., writer of supplementary textual content.
Gow, Marcelyn, writer of supplementary textual content.
Lewis, Paul, 1966- writer of supplementary textual content.
Erdman, David, writer of supplementary textual content.
Neimark, Anna, writer of supplementary textual content.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 325186
Call No.: 325186
Copy: 1
Status: Available