Situate, Manipulate, Fabricate: An Anthology of the Influences on Architectural Design and Production / Edition 1

by Chad Schwartz

Overview

This anthology of selected works outlines three critical instigators of architecture, all tied directly to the tectonic makeup of our built environment - place, material, and assembly. These catalysts provide the organizational framework for a collection of essays discussing their significant influence on the processes of architectural design and construction.

With content from a diverse collection of notable architects, historians, and scholars, this book serves as a theoretical structure for understanding the tectonic potential of architecture. Each chapter is thematically driven, consisting of a pair of essays preceded by an introduction highlighting the fundamental issues at hand and comparing and contrasting the points of view presented.

Situate, Manipulate, Fabricate offers an opportunity to explore the essential topics that affect the design and construction, as well as the experiential qualities, of our built environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367178390
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/26/2020
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Chad Schwartz is an architect and educator currently serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at Kansas State University, USA. He teaches both design and building technology, continually seeking to merge the two bodies of knowledge. His research explores the role of architectural tectonics in the development of both contemporary and historic architecture, as well as strategies for translating the theory of tectonics into practical and poetic activities in the university classroom. He is also the author of Introducing Architectural Tectonics: Exploring the Intersection of Design and Construction (2016).

Table of Contents

Foreword Patrick Rand, FAIA, DP ACS A xi

Preface Revisiting the Framework xv

Acknowledgements xix

Introduction Inducing Architecture 1

Part I Situate 19

1 Site 21

Groundwork

Robin Dripps 2005 27

The Foundation of Architecture

Rafael Moneo 1993 38

2 Tradition 45

Between Traditionalism and Modernism: Approaches to a Vernacular Architecture Dennis Alan Mann 1985 51

Newness, Tradition, and Identity: Existential Content and Meaning in Architecture Jukani Pallasmaa 2012 65

3 Environment 77

What Does Place Mean to Me? Everything Dijana Alic interviews Glenn Murcutt 2004 82

Preface Natural Energy and Vernacular Architecture Hassan Fathy 1986 95

Part II Manipulate 101

4 Intent 103

Truth to the Medium: Using Materials Fil Hearn 2003 109

Monumentality

Louis L Kahn 1944 117

5 Properties 123

Timber from The Soul of a Tree George Nakashima 1981 129

Structuring Materiality: Design Fabrication of Heterogeneous Materials Neri Oxman 2010 139

6 Meaning 147

On Weathering: A New Surface out of the Tracks of Time David Leather barrow + Mohsen Mostafavi 1992 154

Material is Not a Finish Kengo Kuma 2004 160

Part III Fabricate 173

7 Techne 175

Excerpt from The Nature and Art of Workmanship David Pye 1968 180

Excerpt from Refabricating Architecture Stephen Kieran James Timberlake 2004 189

8 Architectonic 197

Structure, Construction, Tectonics Eduard Sekler 1965 202

Rappel a l'Ordre: The Case for the Tectonic Kenneth Frampton 1990 209

9 Intersection 223

The Tell-the-Tale Detail Marco Frascari 1984 229

Detail: The Subject of the Object Peggy Deamer 2000 245

Figure Credits 259

References 265

Index 269