Basics Design Methods

Kari Jormakka

Published by Birkhäuser 2014

Basics Design Methods

Kari Jormakka
Together with: Oliver Schürer and Dörte Kuhlmann

In the series Basics

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035612387

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Contents

About this book

How to produce a creative design?

Architects often employ design methods to help them find more creative forms. These methods make it possible to break free of the traditional canon of forms and established paradigms. At the same time, there must be enough leeway for a functional, systematic design conception to take shape. This volume focuses in depth on the design methods that have decisively shaped current architectural practice.
Themes are - Diagrammatic methods (using drawings and schematic representations), -Mimetic methods (imitative), - Parametric methods (using a characteristic quantity), - Automated and digital design methods of the contemporary avant-garde, e.g. scaling, datascapes, folding, and morphing.

A source of inspiration and systematic support
Creativity techniques in the work process
Process-oriented design approach

Author / Editor information

Kari Jormakka, Dörte Kuhlmann and Oliver Schürer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria.

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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Original publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Professional/practitioner
Pages
- Main content: 84
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 102
Keywords: Architectural student handbook; Architectural theory; Basics series; Design concept; Design research; Designing; Diagrammatical methods; Digital design methods; Mimetic methods; Parametrical methods; Shaping; Textbook architecture

eBook

Published: May 22, 2017
ISBN: 9783035612387

Hardcover

Published: November 15, 2013
ISBN: 9783038215202