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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457320103321

Autore

Fawcett A. Peter

Titolo

Architecture design notebook [[electronic resource] /] / A. Peter Fawcett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Architectural Press, 2003

ISBN

1-136-42860-7

1-281-00614-9

9786611006143

0-08-049048-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (119 p.)

Disciplina

721

720/.28/4

Soggetti

Architectural design

Architecture

Electronic books.

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.

Nota di contenuto

ARCHITECTURE: DESIGN NOTEBOOK; Copyright; CONTENTS; 1 PREAMBLE; 2 THE CONTEXT FOR DESIGN; 3 ARRIVING AT THE DIAGRAM; RESPONDING TO THE SITE; CHOOSING AN APPROPRIATE 'MODEL'; ORGANISING THE PLAN; 4 CHOOSING APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; STRUCTURE; SERVICES; HOW WILL IT STAND UP?; HOW IS IT MADE?; WILL IT BE COMFORTABLE?; WILL IT BE GREEN?; 5 HOW WILL IT LOOK?; EXPRESSION V SUPPRESSION; ROOF; OPENINGS; ELEVATIONS; WALL MEMBRANES; THE CORNER; SCALE; 6 THE SPACES AROUND; CENTRIFUGAL AND CENTRIPETAL SPACE; URBAN SPACE TYPOLOGY; 7 POSTSCRIPT: A WORKING METHOD; TRADITION V THE VIRTUAL BUILDING

FURTHER READING

Sommario/riassunto

Architecture Design Notebook focuses on the process of design as pragmatic and non-theoretical. Dealing systematically with the core design curriculum, it clearly demonstrates the skills required for designing at undergraduate level. Providing students with fundamental maxims of design, and a framework within which they can approach



their work, this book supports undergraduates as they learn to produce solutions to design challenges. This vital design companion underpins the cornerstone of an architectural undergr