Steven Groak

The Idea of Building

Thought and Action in the Design and Production of Buildings

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is unique in its attempt to explore the many ways we have of thinking about buildings. In particular it raises questions about the kinds of knowledge we have and will need in designing, making and enjoying our buildings. At the very least this book provides an overview of the fragmented construction industry, making it a vital purchase for all construction related students. However, the author has written for a wider audience making the book an essential guide for those interested in the form of buildings or the deliberate ways in which people build them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 141mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9780419178309
• ISBN-10: 0419178309
• Artikelnr.: 22224342

Autorenporträt

Steven Groak

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Foreword. Preliminaries. Book one: the flight from equilibrium.
Buildings as unstable systems in dynamic environments. Flows of matter and
energy. Uncertainty in the industrial environment. The decline of technical
precedent. The social demand for buildings. Interlude. Some polemical
remarks. Book two: building knowledge and building experience. Historical
concepts of building science. The analysis of sensations. The analysis of
energy. Building engineering. Building pathology and its lessons.
Intelligent buildings and intelligent sites. The building process. Systems
and conventions. What industry follows function? Representation and
regularity. Technology transfer. Who is the builder? The idea of
technology, and its critics. Book three: another critical position. The
typical detail. Building details in structure and form. The buildings of
Alvar Aalto. In conclusion. Index.