Open Source Architecture - Hardcover

Ratti, Carlo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500343063 ISBN 13: 9780500343067

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

This provocative book argues that it is high time the practice of architecture moved away from the ego-fuelled grand visions of starchitects to a networked, collaborative, inclusive model inspired by 21st-century trends such as crowd-sourcing, open access and mass customization. But how can collaborative design avoid becoming design-by-committee? Carlo Ratti and Matthew Claudel deftly navigate this and other vital questions, considering along the way the applications of open-source architecture not only conceptually, but also in practice. Open Source Architecture is a rallying cry to students and open-minded professionals seeking new perspectives on a profession that the authors passionately believe to be moribund.

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Open Source Architecture

Review:

This is a provocative, open manifesto calling for a major paradigmatic shift in the practice of architecture, to a collaborative, inclusive model using 21st-century trends. --Royal Academy Architecture Newsletter

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0500343063
• ISBN 13: 9780500343067
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144