Autore	Carpo Mario
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica	xi, 169 p
Disciplina	720.1
Collana	Writing architecture
Soggetto topico	Architectural design Architectural design - Technological innovations Repetition (Aesthetics) Design and technology
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-262-29458-3 1-283-02017-3 9786613020178 0-262-29592-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction -- Variable, identical, differential. Architecture and the identical copy : timelines -- Allography and notations -- Authorship -- The early modern pursuit of identical reproduction -- Geometry, algorism, and the notational bottleneck -- The fall of the identicals -- The reversal of the Albertian paradigm -- The rise. Alberti and identical copies -- Going digital -- Windows -- ID pictures and the power of facsimiles -- Alberti's imitation game and its technological failure -- The invention of the Albertian paradigm -- The fall. Form -- Standard -- Agency -- Epilogue. Split agency.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910460089203321

Autore	Brophy Vivienne
Edizione	[2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2012]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (153 p.)
Disciplina	720/.47
Soggetto topico	Architectural design - Technological innovations Architecture and society Buildings - Repair and reconstruction - Standards
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	9786613715449 1-280-87413-9 1-136-52872-5 1-136-52871-7 1-84977-692-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; A Green Vitruvius; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; The Green Building; The Imperative to Green Design; Architectural Quality, Quality of Service; Section 1: Process; Introduction; Inception; Design; Tender; Construction; Operation; Refurbishment; Section 2: Issues; Introduction; Comfort; Health; Environment; Objectives; Section 3: Strategies; Introduction; Urban and Neighbourhood; Site Selection and Analysis; Site Planning; Building Form; Building Envelope; Finishes; Services, Equipment and Controls; Renovation; Section 4: Elements; Components; Materials; Section 5: Evaluation IntroductionDesign Evaluation Tools; Building Performance Simulation Tools; Environmental Rating Systems; Life Cycle Cost; References; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453028103321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	London : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (140 p.)
Disciplina	690
Collana	Architectural design
Soggetto topico	Architectural design - Technological innovations Architecture - Philiosophy Architecture
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-118-91895-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Title Page; CONTENTS; Copyright Page; EDITORIAL; ABOUT THE GUEST-EDITORS; SPOTLIGHT: VISUAL HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ISSUE; INTRODUCTION: AUTHORING ROBOTIC PROCESSES; Robots; Start, Crash, Reboot; Challenging Scale; Venturing Out of Bounds; Robotics Pioneers; Theory of Change - Change of Theory; Architecture in the Second Digital Age; Acknowledgement; Notes; INTEGRATING ROBOTIC FABRICATION IN THE DESIGN PROCESS; The Role of the Physical Model in Computational Design; The Design of the Robotic Process; The Integration of Computation and Fabrication Potentials of Robotic Technologies for Design PracticeNotes; NESTED VOIDS; SEQUENTIAL FRAMES; VERTICAL AVENUE; MESH TOWERS; BENT STRATIFICATIONS; UNDULATING TERRACES; MESH-MOULD: ROBOTICALLY FABRICATED SPATIAL MESHES AS REINFORCED CONCRETE FORMWORK; Conventional Construction Versus Robotic Fabrication; The Dilemma with Robots; Division of Mass and Information; Mesh-Mould Combined Formwork and Reinforcement System for Concrete; Potential for Design, Planning and Construction; Notes; ROBOTS AND ARCHITECTURE: EXPERIMENTS, FICTION, EPISTEMOLOGY; Robots and Fiction; Utopian Perspectives From Fiction to ConversationNotes; ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ARCHITECTURAL ROBOTICS: THE SIMULTANEITY OF CRAFT, ECONOMICS AND DESIGN; Startups; Recovering Lost Ground; Design and Production; Design and Build; Notes; ODICO FORMWORK ROBOTICS; Note; ROBOFOLD AND ROBOTS.IO; Variation as Standard; The Process; Robots to the Core; MACHINEOUS; ROB TECHNOLOGIES; Notes; GREYSHED; Notes; COMPUTATION OR REVOLUTION; The Market of Robotics; Specificity of Robots or Specificities of Architecture?; Artificial Intelligence and Computation as 'Communism of Genius' A Temporary Conclusion on Computational Literacy and PoliticsNotes; CHANGING BUILDING SITES: INDUSTRIALISATION AND AUTOMATION OF THE BUILDING PROCESS; The Establishment of Industrially Produced Elements and New Materials; Rationalisation and Industrialisation of the Building Process; Towards Automated Housing Prefabrication; Single-Task Construction Robots; Integrated Automated Construction Sites; Implementation at a Larger Scale?; Notes; IN-SITU FABRICATION: MOBILE ROBOTIC UNITS ON CONSTRUCTION SITES; ON-SITE MACHINES; BASIC RESEARCH; Mobile Robotic Unit; Handling Material Tolerances Human-Machine InteractionPositioning and Localisation Techniques; FIRST APPLICATION; FINDINGS AND POSSIBILITIES; Notes; TOWARDS ROBOTIC SWARM PRINTING; Material Tunability in Additive Fabrication; Cross-Platform Communication and Coordination in Additive Fabrication; Robotic Additive Fabrication Case Study: Print-in-Place; Robotic Additive Fabrication Case Study: Cable- Suspended 3D Printing; Robotic Additive Fabrication Case Study: Templated Swarm Printing; Towards Robotic Swarm Printing; Notes; MACHINES FOR RENT: EXPERIMENTS BY NEW-TERRITORIES; DARWINIAN STAR-GATE; Instructions Precautions for use
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Autore	Amaratunga Dilanthi
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (337 p.)
Disciplina	624 690.24 690/.24
Altri autori (Persone)	HaighRichard
Soggetto topico	Architectural design - Technological innovations Architectural design -- Technological innovations Architecture and society Buildings - Repair and reconstruction - Standards Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction -- Standards Disasters - Social aspects Disasters -- Social aspects Civil & Environmental Engineering Engineering & Applied Sciences Civil Engineering
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-17826-5 9786613178268 1-4443-4494-3 1-4443-4491-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Post-Disaster Reconstruction of the Built Environment : Rebuilding for Resilience; Contents; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 A global challenge; 1.2 Why focus upon the built environment?; 1.3 Resilience in the built environment; 1.4 Disasters as a window of opportunity; 1.5 Structure of the book; References; 2 Capacity Development for Post-Disaster Reconstruction of the Built Environment; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Capacity needs for post-disaster reconstruction; 2.3 Capacity gaps in post-disaster reconstruction 2.4 Capacity development framework2.5 Summary; References; 3 Capacity of the Construction Industry for Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Impact of tsunami; 3.3 Disaster risk management; 3.4 Role of the construction sector in post-disaster recovery; 3.5 Post-tsunami Sri Lanka: the role of the Sri Lankan construction industry; 3.6 Capacity of the construction industry in post-tsunami reconstruction; 3.7 Summary; References; 4 Resourcing for Post-Disaster Reconstruction: A Longitudinal Case Study Following the 2008 Earthquake in China; 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The impact of the 2008Wenchuan earthquake4.3 Wenchuan earthquake reconstruction process; 4.4 Resourcing for Wenchuan earthquake reconstruction; 4.5 Key resourcing problems and solutions adopted by the Chinese reconstruction teams; 4.6 Summary; Notes; References; 5 Empowerment in Disaster Response and Reconstruction: Role ofWomen; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The concept of empowerment; 5.3 Women's empowerment; 5.4 Women in a post-disaster setting; 5.5 Women's empowerment in post-disaster reconstruction; 5.6 Summary; References 6 Community-Based Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction: Examples from Indonesia6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Disaster vulnerability; 6.3 National policy; 6.4 Community participation in reconstruction; 6.5 Community-based reconstruction practices; 6.6 Summary; References; 7 Stakeholder Consultation in the Reconstruction Process; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Defining stakeholders; 7.3 Stakeholders and post-disaster reconstruction; 7.4 Classifying stakeholders; 7.5 Expectation gaps in post-disaster housing reconstruction; 7.6 Developing a stakeholder engagement strategy; 7.7 Summary; References 8 Project Management of Disaster Reconstruction8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Procurement and contract management; 8.3 Sourcing of labour, material and equipment; 8.4 Resource management; 8.5 Quality control; 8.6 Financing; 8.7 Governance; 8.8 Disaster risk reduction; 8.9 Summary; References; 9 Legislation for Effective Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Cases fromNew Zealand; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Recovery and reconstruction; 9.3 Legislative and regulatory considerations post disaster; 9.4 Improving recovery through legislation 9.5 Impediments to post-disaster reconstruction: the New Zealand Building Act (BA) 2004
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910139631603321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (337 p.)
Disciplina	690/.24
Altri autori (Persone)	AmaratungaDilanthi HaighRichard
Soggetto topico	Buildings - Repair and reconstruction - Standards Disasters - Social aspects Architectural design - Technological innovations Architecture and society
ISBN	1-283-17826-5 9786613178268 1-4443-4494-3 1-4443-4491-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction / Richard Haigh and Dilanthi Amaratunga -- Capacity development for post-disaster reconstruction of the built environment / Kanchana Ginige and Dilanthi Amaratunga -- Capacity of the construction industry in post-disaster reconstruction : post tsunami Sri Lanka / Krishanthi Seneviratne -- Resourcing for post-disaster reconstruction : a longitudinal case study following the earthquake in China -- Yan chang, Suzanne Wilkinson, Regan Potangaroa and Erica Seville -- Empowerment in disaster response and reconstruction : role of women / Nirooja Thurairajah -- Community-based post-disaster reconstruction : examples from Indonesia / Taufika Ophiyandri -- Stakeholder consultation in the reconstruction process / Nuwani Siriwardena and Richard Haigh -- Project management for post-disaster reconstruction / Udayangani Kulatunga -- Legislation for effective post-disaster reconstruction : case of New Zealand / James Olabode Rotimi, Suzanne Wilkinson and Dean Myburgh -- Post conflict reconstruction : challenges / Dilanthi Amaratunga and Krishanthi Seneviratne -- Private construction sector engagement in post-disaster reconstruction / Richard Sutton and Richard Haigh -- Knowledge management practices and systems integration / Chaminda Pathirage -- Restoration of major infrastructure and rehabilitation of communities / Kaushal Keraminiyage -- Sustainable post-disaster waste management : construction and demolition waste / Gayani Karunasena -- Linking reconstruction to sustainable economic development / Roshani Palliyaguru and Dilanthi Amaratunga -- Disaster risk-reduction and its relationship with sustainable development / Kanchana Ginige -- Conclusions and close / Richard Haigh and Dilanthi Amaratunga.
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