Hiroshi Nakamura: Microscopic Designing Methodology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 4872751590 ISBN 13: 9784872751598

Publisher: INAX-Shuppan, 2010

Synopsis

A new addition in the series Contemporary Architects Concept, this volume deals with “microscopic observation” by Hiroshi Nakamura. This is an approach which recognizes a phenomenon as a minute motion of small elements, not the whole taken together. Since modern architecture has aimed to supply vast quantities of dwellings and offices, in response to the architectural demands that arose during two world wars and the period of high-growth, there was no choice but to abstract and standardize individuals. This was macroscopic design, and was completely opposed to a microscopic approach. This book is composed of four chapters: Body, Material, Nature and Society, introducing the details of microscopic designs for each chapter. CONTENTS Introduction Microscopic Designing Methodology 1. Body Looking at the human body in minute detail A Mutual Action of Human Behavior and Architecture Colors on the Borders of Perception Decoration＝Design of Gaze Imagined Spaces 2. Materials Something proximate to human beings Micromotion at the Micron Scale The Quake of Air The Fine Texture of Structure 3. Nature Observe the natural environment with unprecedented accuracy Behaviors of Trees Motion of Light Corporeity of a Nest 4. Society Thinking of Society from the Viewpoint of the Human Body Cooperating Corporeity Circuration Movement Sharing Rhythm Resonance of Small Action 160 pages, ills colour / 15 x 21 cm / Japanese, English

Edition details

• Publisher: INAX-Shuppan
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 4872751590
• ISBN 13: 9784872751598
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160