Design by Competition: Making Design Competition Work (Environment and Behavior) - Hardcover

Nasar, Jack L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521444497 ISBN 13: 9780521444491

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

What meanings do buildings and places convey to the people who use and visit them? Too often, design competitions and signature architecture result in costly eyesores that do not work. How can sponsors and clients get more meaningful results? In answer to these questions, Dr Nasar, supported by riveting studies of competitions and Peter Eisenman's competition-winning design for the Wexner Center at the Ohio State University, suggests the use of pre-jury evaluation (PJE). He shows the potential value of this approach as well as visual quality programming for many kinds of environmental design for which the client wants to convey certain desirable meanings. The studies, from those specific to the Wexner Center to those covering the scope of history, point to an alternative method for shaping the visual form of buildings, places and cities.

About this title

Book Description

This innovative book looks at design competition architecture from a social science, psychological and public policy perspective. It shows the flaws of competition architecture, and highbrow architecture in general, for the consumer, and it offers a scientific approach to make design results more meaningful and functional to the public.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521444497
• ISBN 13: 9780521444491
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 258