Description: Further DetailsTitle: Performance-Oriented ArchitectureCondition: NewEAN: 9780470973318ISBN: 9780470973318Publisher: John Wiley & Sons IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/08/2013Item Height: 220mmItem Length: 170mmItem Width: 11mmItem Weight: 384gLanguage: EnglishDescription: Architecture is on the brink. It is a discipline in crisis. Over the last two decades, architectural debate has diversified to the point of fragmentation and exhaustion. What is called for is an overarching argument or set of criteria on which to approach the design and construction of the built environment. Here, the internationally renowned architect and educator Michael Hensel advocates an entirely different way of thinking about architecture. By favouring a new focus on performance, he rejects longstanding conventions in design and the built environment. This not only bridges the gap between academia and practice, but, even more significantly, the treatment of form and function in design. It also has a far-reaching impact on knowledge production and development, placing an important emphasis on design research in architecture and the value of an interdisciplinary approach. Though ‘performance’ first evolved as a concept in the humanities in the 1940s and 1950s, it has never previously been systematically applied in architecture in an inclusive manner. Here Michael Hensel offers Performance-Orientated Architecture as an integrative approach to architectural design, the built environment and questions of sustainability. He highlights how core concepts and specific traits, such as climate, material performance and settlement patterns, can put architecture in the service of the natural environment. A wide range of examples are cited to support his argument, from traditional sustainable buildings, such as the Kahju Bridge in Isfahan and the Topkapí Palace in Istanbul to more contemporary works by Cloud 9, Foreign Office Architects, Steven Holl and OCEAN.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Architecture & AntiquesSubtitle: Rethinking Architectural Design and the Built EnvironmentAuthor: Michael HenselBook Series: Architectural Design PrimerRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Performance-Oriented Architecture
Title: Performance-Oriented Architecture
EAN: 9780470973318
ISBN: 9780470973318
Release Date: 03/08/2013
Release Year: 2013
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Architecture & Antiques
Subtitle: Rethinking Architectural Design and the Built Environment
Number of Pages: 152 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Performance-Oriented Architecture : Rethinking Architectural Design and the Built Environment
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Subject: Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, General
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 2013
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Subject Area: Architecture
Author: Michael Hensel
Item Length: 8.6 in
Series: Architectural Design Primer Ser.
Item Width: 6.7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
