Title & Author:

From control to design : parametric/algorithmic architecture / [edited by Tomoko Sakamoto, Albert Ferré].

Publication:

Barcelona ; New York : Actar-D, [2008?]

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Cover title.
Statement of responsibility from colophon.
Title from cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Michael Meredith : Intro ; Essay: Never enough (transform, repeat ad nausea) ; Puppet theater ; PS1 competition ; Ballroom drive-in -- AGU, ARUP : Manifesto: advanced geometry unit at Arup ; Geometric algorithm / Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2002 ; Reciprocity, hierarchy and discreteness ; Alishan tourist routes ; Taichung Metropolitan Opera House ; Spacestacion Diary, Blind Light -- Mutsuro Sasaki : Intro: Morphogenesis of flux structure ; 0.0 Preface: Sendai Mediatheque project ; 1.0 Sensitivity analysis method ; 1.1 Kitagata Community Centre ; 1.2 The Island City Central Park Gringrin, Fukuoka ; 1.3 Extended evolutionary structure optimization method Kakamigahara Crematorium with Toyo Ito ; 2.1 Florence New Station competition proposal ; 2.2 Qatar Education City, convention centre -- p.art at Adams Kara Taylor : Intro ; Open systems: approaching novel parametric domains ; BP Sunbury ; Branching system ; Open system: branching structures ; Barnsley Market roof ; SIMPLEXITY ; The REN building for Shanghai World Expo 2010 ; Digital efficiency vs. physical necessity ; Workshops at Bauhaus and ITU (AA) ; Essay: Analysis modelling -- investigating the digital material -- designtoproduction : Essay: The whole and its parts ; Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern ; Peek & Cloppenburg Weltstadthaus ; Mercedes-Benz Museum ; Groningen Stadsbalkon ; Swissbau Pavilion ; Inventioneering architecture, travelling exhibition ; Hungerburg funicular ; Libeskind's Futuropolis ; ZipShape -- Aranda/Lasch : Intro: What is parametric to us? ; Out of order ; The year 1774 ; Color shift ; A conversation between Sanford Kwinter and Jason Payne.

Summary:

This book presents six independent practices that explore current applications of parametric and algorithmic design techniques in architectural production. The contents is based on a conference held at the Architectural Association in London, on the occasion of the exhibition and publication titled 'Morphogenesis of Flux Structure' by Mutsuro Saskari', 2007.

Resources:
TOC

ISBN:

9788496540798 (paperback)
8496540790 (paperback)

Subject:

Architectural design Technological innovations.
Computer-aided design.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Computer-Aided Design
Design architectural Innovations.
Conception assistée par ordinateur.
Architecture 21e siècle.
computer-aided designs (visual works)
Architecture, Modern.

Added entries:

Sakamoto, Tomoko.
Ferré, Albert.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259549
Call No.: BIB 190460
Status: Available