Architecture and Science (Architectural Design Compilation) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471497223 ISBN 13: 9780471497226

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2001

Synopsis

Discusses the influence of the latest science and technology on architecture.
∗ Comprehensively illustrated with color photos as well as plans and drawings.

About this title

About the Author

GIUSEPPA DI CRISTINA was born in Palermo, Italy in 1965, and graduated in Architecture at the University of Rome ′La Sapienza′ where she obtained a PhD in Architectural Composition (Theories of Architecture) with a thesis on Architecture and Topology. She is a now a lecturer in Theories and Techniques of Design at the faculty of Architecture in Rome.

From the Inside Flap

A topological turn is developing within architecture as a result of intertwining scientific and architectural thought. Topology, which is one of the branches of geometry or modern mathematics, proves useful for architecture as a conceptual resource and as an operative technique.

Architectural topology means the dynamic variation of form, and is a tendency which is facilitated by the growing presence of computer–based technologies. When employed in practice, it leads to pliant, undulated and twisted architectures which are more and more astonishing. The trend of curved and bent design is also founded on new concepts of architectural form and building, so it is possible to speak of a topological tendency in architects at both the theoretical and practical levels.

This volume brings together essays and projects by leading thinkers and practitioners of architecture concerning, directly or indirectly, the topological approach. Complementing these articles, which have been selected from issues of the influential cutting–edge journal Architectural Design, is a new introductory essay by Giuseppa Di Cristina. This book presents the full range of contemporary discussion about theoretical problems related to the topologising of form, as well as the associated new design processes and, above all, spatial exploration.

As an alternative to the traditional concept of the metric, quantitative and homogeneous space of Euclidean and Cartesian geometry, architects are growing ever more interested in the dynamic , heterogeneous nature of topological space. This book aims to satisfy the increasing thirst for information and opinion on this radical new area of design.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471497223
• ISBN 13: 9780471497226
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Di Cristina Giuseppa