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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141611803321

Autore

Hensel Michael

Titolo

Performance-oriented architecture : rethinking architectural design and the built environment / / Michael Hensel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, England, : Wiley, c2013

ISBN

1-118-57013-8

1-118-64063-2

1-118-57012-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Collana

AD Primers

Disciplina

720.47

Soggetti

Architectural design

Architecture, Modern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: The Task at Hand; Chapter 1: A Brief History of the Notion of Performance; Chapter 2: A Brief History of the Notion of Performance in Architecture; Chapter 3: Non-Discrete Architectures; Chapter 4: Non-Anthropocentric Architectures; Chapter 5: Traits of Performance-Oriented Architecture; Local Climate and Microclimate; Material Performance; The Active Architectural Boundary, the Articulated Envelope and Heterogeneous Environments; The Extended Threshold

Second-Degree Auxiliarity: Supplementary ArchitecturesFirst-Degree Auxiliarity: Embedded Architectures; Multiple Grounds and Settlement Patterns; Chapter 6: The Road(s) Ahead; Select Bibliography; Index; Picture Credits

Sommario/riassunto

Architecture is on the brink. It is a discipline in crisis. Over the last two decades, architectural debate has diversified to the point of fragmentation and exhaustion.  What is called for is an overarching argument or set of criteria on which to approach the design and construction of the built environment. Here, the internationally renowned architect and educator Michael Hensel advocates an entirely different way of thinking about architecture. By favouring a new focus



on performance, he rejects longstanding conventions in design and the built environment. This not only bridges the gap b