Monday, August 16, 2010

AD: Architectural Design (July/August 2010)

The latest issue of Architectural Design is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

The New Structuralism: Design, Engineering and Architectural Technologies
  • Editorial / Helen Castle
  • About the guest-editors / Rivka Oxman and Robert Oxman
  • Spotlight Visual highlights of the issue
  • Introduction The New Structuralism: Design, Engineering and Architectural Technologies / Rivka Oxman and Robert Oxman
  • Radical Sources of Design Engineering /Werner Sobek -- The renowned proponent of ultra-lightweight structures charts how his consultancy has developed a far-reaching approach to practice.
  • Structured Becoming: Evolutionary Processes in Design Engineering / Klaus Bollinger, Manfred Grohmann and Oliver Tessmann
  • Structuring Strategies for Complex Geometries / Wolf Mangelsdorf
  • On Design Engineering / Hanif Kara -- Innovative design-led engineer Hanif Kara advocates a holistic approach to architecture and engineering.
  • Weaving Architecture: Structuring the Spanish Pavilion, Expo 2010, Shanghai / Julio Martínez Calzón and Carlos Castañón Jiménez
  • Optioneering: A New Basis for Engagement Between Architects and their Collaborators / Dominik Holzer and Steven Downing
  • Heinz Isler's Infinite Spectrum: Form-Finding in Design / John Chilton
  • Architectural Geometry as Design Knowledge / Helmut Pottmann
  • Structuring Materiality: Design Fabrication of Heterogeneous Materials / Neri Oxman
  • Materialising Complexity / Fabian Scheurer
  • Fabricating Design: A Revolution of Choice / Frank Barkow
  • Timberfabric: Applying Textile Principles on a Building Scale / Yves Weinand and Markus Hudert
  • Encoding Material / Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler and Silvan Oesterle
  • The Return of the Future: A Second Go at Robotic Construction / Martin Bechthold -- Bechthold examines the recent revival in robotic technologies in construction.
  • A Deeper Structural Theory / Nina Rappaport
  • Counterpoint Digital Solipsism and the Paradox of the Great 'Forgetting' / Neil Spiller

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