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Explore the evolving landscape of architectural design with *Digital Fabrications*, a thought-provoking collection of essays that delve into the intricate relationship between design software and hardware. This insightful volume, published in 2019 by Actar D, presents an engaging examination of how architects are navigating a world increasingly shaped by digital interfaces. Each essay challenges you to rethink the nature of architectural labor in our post-digital age, address the political implications of design software, and understand the influence of virtual realities on spatial dynamics.
As an essential resource for designers and students alike, these essays blend storytelling with critical analysis, revealing the profound effects that widespread software use has on creativity and practice. From the integration of CAD programs to the nuances of using PDFs and BIM files, the discussions illuminate the tools and conventions that define contemporary design practices. By addressing the global proliferation of digital tools, *Digital Fabrications* highlights the behaviors and trends that emerge within this transformed landscape.
Whether you're a seasoned architect or a budding designer, this collection offers valuable insights into the current and future states of architectural innovation. Enhance your understanding of digital methodologies and enrich your design perspective with this unique book.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW, ISBN: 9781943532513, Format: Paper over boards, Year: 2019.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781943532513
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2019
Publisher: Actar D
Description:
Digital Fabricationsis a collection of essays and half-true
stories about design software and hardware. Written from the perspective of
architectural design, each piece expands on emerging trends, devices, foibles,
and phenomena engendered by an increased reliance on interactions with interfaces
in the discipline.
The essays ask, how do we characterise our post-digital design labor? What are
the politics of design software? How is architecture adapting to a world
largely dependent on platforms and scripts? What are the spatial mechanisms of
the internet and VR? Using storytelling techniques, this book
accepts that software is everywhere, and narrows in on a few ways it has
taken command of our cultural products.
From the perspective of architectural design, a field traditionally
associated with sketching and its own myths of creativity, computers are an
essential workplace tool. Projects rely on a wide assortment of software
packages and standalone applications, but rarely do architects reflect on the
structure of those programs or how they have infiltrated our disciplinary
conventions. PDFs and JPGs are as much a part of our vocabulary as plans,
sections, and elevations. A drawing today might refer to a rendering, a CAD
document, a proprietary BIM file, or anything that describes a project
visually.
While one way of examining this disciplinary shift might be to
re-imagine what digital drawing can be, this collection of essays puts forth
another way: to look at the behaviours, phenomena, collective trends, and
oddities emerging as a result of global software proliferation. In
As an essential resource for designers and students alike, these essays blend storytelling with critical analysis, revealing the profound effects that widespread software use has on creativity and practice. From the integration of CAD programs to the nuances of using PDFs and BIM files, the discussions illuminate the tools and conventions that define contemporary design practices. By addressing the global proliferation of digital tools, *Digital Fabrications* highlights the behaviors and trends that emerge within this transformed landscape.
Whether you're a seasoned architect or a budding designer, this collection offers valuable insights into the current and future states of architectural innovation. Enhance your understanding of digital methodologies and enrich your design perspective with this unique book.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW, ISBN: 9781943532513, Format: Paper over boards, Year: 2019.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781943532513
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2019
Publisher: Actar D
Description:
Digital Fabricationsis a collection of essays and half-true
stories about design software and hardware. Written from the perspective of
architectural design, each piece expands on emerging trends, devices, foibles,
and phenomena engendered by an increased reliance on interactions with interfaces
in the discipline.
The essays ask, how do we characterise our post-digital design labor? What are
the politics of design software? How is architecture adapting to a world
largely dependent on platforms and scripts? What are the spatial mechanisms of
the internet and VR? Using storytelling techniques, this book
accepts that software is everywhere, and narrows in on a few ways it has
taken command of our cultural products.
From the perspective of architectural design, a field traditionally
associated with sketching and its own myths of creativity, computers are an
essential workplace tool. Projects rely on a wide assortment of software
packages and standalone applications, but rarely do architects reflect on the
structure of those programs or how they have infiltrated our disciplinary
conventions. PDFs and JPGs are as much a part of our vocabulary as plans,
sections, and elevations. A drawing today might refer to a rendering, a CAD
document, a proprietary BIM file, or anything that describes a project
visually.
While one way of examining this disciplinary shift might be to
re-imagine what digital drawing can be, this collection of essays puts forth
another way: to look at the behaviours, phenomena, collective trends, and
oddities emerging as a result of global software proliferation. In