The Turning Point in Architectural Design: A Historical Scenario for the Future - Hardcover

Schulitz, Helmut C.

 
9783777436760: The Turning Point in Architectural Design: A Historical Scenario for the Future
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3777436763 ISBN 13: 9783777436760
Publisher: Hirmer, 2021

Synopsis

At the turn to the twentieth century, architects began to realize that architecture should no longer find ist expression in historic styles. They had recognized that the reason for arbitrarily resorting to historical building forms established in advance was that the design process had been completely separated from construction.

In spite of the incidental paths of architectural design approaches, there seems to be a consensus emerging in view of today’s global challenges: It is no longer just a question of what shall I build or how shall I build. Instead, the question is how shall I organize and improve my design tools to new dimensions of architecture in order to increase building performance while saving resources and energy and to let digital design solve design tasks that could hardly be solved previously? Today, many projects are pointing in this direction and seem to inaugurate a sustainable fourth dimension of architecture. This book is a comparative critical analysis of such seemingly incidental design approaches, and thus it is an attempt to serve as a historical scenario for the future.

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About the Author

In the course of a fifty-year career, Helmut C. Schulitz has both practiced and taught architecture in Europe and America. He is an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects and has authored numerous publications.

From the Back Cover

At the turn to the twentieth century, architects began to realize that architecture should no longer find ist expression in historic styles. They had recognized that the reason for arbitrarily resorting to historical building forms established in advance was that the design process had been completely separated from construction.

In spite of the incidental paths of architectural design approaches, there seems to be a consensus emerging in view of today’s global challenges: It is no longer just a question of what shall I build or how shall I build. Instead, the question is how shall I organize and improve my design tools to new dimensions of architecture in order to increase building performance while saving resources and energy and to let digital design solve design tasks that could hardly be solved previously? Today, many projects are pointing in this direction and seem to inaugurate a sustainable fourth dimension of architecture. This book is a comparative critical analysis of such seemingly incidental design approaches, and thus it is an attempt to serve as a historical scenario for the future.

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Publisher
Hirmer
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3777436763
ISBN 13 
9783777436760
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
240