Hensel Performance-Oriented Architecture

Rethinking Architectural Design and the Built Environment
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-57012-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Architectural Design Primer

Architecture is on the brink. It is a discipline in crisis. Overthe last two decades, architectural debate has diversified to thepoint of fragmentation and exhaustion. What is called for isan overarching argument or set of criteria on which to approach thedesign and construction of the built environment. Here, theinternationally renowned architect and educator Michael Henseladvocates an entirely different way of thinking about architecture.By favouring a new focus on performance, he rejects longstandingconventions in design and the built environment. This not onlybridges the gap between academia and practice, but, even moresignificantly, the treatment of form and function in design. Italso has a far-reaching impact on knowledge production anddevelopment, placing an important emphasis on design research inarchitecture and the value of an interdisciplinary approach.
Though 'performance' first evolved as a concept inthe humanities in the 1940s and 1950s, it has never previously beensystematically applied in architecture in an inclusive manner. HereMichael Hensel offers Performance-Orientated Architecture as anintegrative approach to architectural design, the built environmentand questions of sustainability. He highlights how core conceptsand specific traits, such as climate, material performance andsettlement patterns, can put architecture in the service of thenatural environment. A wide range of examples are cited to supporthis argument, from traditional sustainable buildings, such as theKahju Bridge in Isfahan and the Topkapí Palace in Istanbul tomore contemporary works by Cloud 9, Foreign Office Architects,Steven Holl and OCEAN.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hensel, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication 005
Acknowledgements 005
Foreword by David Leatherbarrow 009
Introduction: The Task at Hand 015
Chapter 1: A Brief History of the Notion of Performance 017
Chapter 2: A Brief History of the Notion of Performance in Architecture 023
Chapter 3: Non-Discrete Architectures 031
Chapter 4: Non-Anthropocentric Architectures 045
Chapter 5: Traits of Performance-Oriented Architecture 053
Local Climate and Microclimate 057
Material Performance 059
The Active Boundary, the Articulated Envelope and Heterogeneous Environments 067
The Extended Threshold 082
Second-Degree Auxiliarity: Supplementary Architectures 095
First-Degree Auxiliarity: Embedded Architectures 109
Multiple Grounds and Settlement Patterns 116
Chapter 6: The Road(s) Ahead 133Select Bibliography 143
Index 148
Picture Credits 152

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Hensel is an architect, researcher, educator and writer. He is Professor of Architecture at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design where he directs the Research Center for Architecture and Tectonics. He cofounded OCEAN in 1994, and is founding and current chairman of the OCEAN Design Research Association and the Sustainable Environment Association, as well as an editorial board member of Architectural Design (AD). He has co-guest-edited five titles of AD, including seminal issues on emergence and the architecture of Turkey and Iran. He is currently writing The Handbook for Traditional Sustainable Buildings for John Wiley & Sons.