Design for Construction

Tectonic Imagination in Contemporary Architecture
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-56231-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 219 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 1260 g

Arguing that a gulf exists between design and construction, between conceptual thinking and the constructed building, this book explores projects and practices that span the gap by thinking through materials and processes with what Höweler calls a tectonic imagination.

Design for Construction is organized into 10 chapters covering topics such as means and methods, part-to-whole relationships, material research, digital design workflows, risk mitigation, construction sequencing, digital fabrication, ethical material sourcing, and circular construction practices. Höweler provides a careful analysis of over 200 buildings projects by practices including Amateur Architecture Studio, Barkow Leibinger, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Ensamble, GLUCK+, Herzog & de Meuron, Johnston Marklee, MASS Design, NADAAA, Neri&Hu, OMA, and SANAA.

Re-engagement of design and building is a means of reclaiming agency for architects as the discipline grapples with difficult questions of climate change, material scarcity, social impact, and how designers can play a more meaningful role in shaping the built environment at this moment with an eye toward the future. This book will be crucial reading for both architects and students of architecture.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Höweler, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gestaltung, Darstellung, Bautechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Berufspraxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Ökologische Aspekte in der Architektur
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baukonstruktion, Baufachmaterialien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Agency and Imagination. 1. Stocktaking. 2. Means and Methods. 3. Material Processes. 4. Part to Whole. 5. Monoliths. 6. From Window to Envelope. 7. Force, Form, and Gesture. 8. Climate and Conditioning. 9. Afterlives. 10. Construction Futures

Über Autor(innen)

Eric Höweler is Professor of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and co-founding Principal of Höweler + Yoon.