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Process Innovation, Heath May
Process Innovation, Heath May
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If the late twentieth-century architectural canon was defined by its portrayal as a solo act, the early twenty-first is on a trajectory to usurp this representation. The processes by which architectural works are created are becoming increasingly innovative and diverse, reaching beyond the boundaries of the profession, eschewing the traditional client-practitioner-consultant team structure to include interdisciplinary researchers and academic specialists.
Table Of Contents And Prologue, Becka Liu, Derek Smith
Table Of Contents And Prologue, Becka Liu, Derek Smith
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Editorial board, table of contents, and a prologue from the editors
An Interview With Jeanne Gang, Corbin Keech, Jeanne Gang
An Interview With Jeanne Gang, Corbin Keech, Jeanne Gang
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Corbin Keech is an architect at Studio Gang and an alumnus of Kansas State University. Here, he questions the concept of innovation in architecture through the lens of the studio’s work, in conversation with founding principal Jeanne Gang.
Realizing Architecture’S Disruptive Potential, Shajay Bhooshan
Realizing Architecture’S Disruptive Potential, Shajay Bhooshan
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Digital technologies—computers and computer-controlled machines have pervaded all aspects of life, delivering sustained and accelerated rates of societal and economic evo - lution. Yet, in architecture, such an embrace of digital technologies and attendant intellectual disposition is not widely accepted. Whilst increasing numbers of progressive firms and research institutions are forging rapidly forward in such a technological upgrade, the larger populace of architects and the architecture produced thereof is decidedly averse to it.
Nimbus Series, Berndnaut Smilde
Nimbus Series, Berndnaut Smilde
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The Nimbus works present a transitory moment of presence in a specific location. They can be interpreted as a sign of loss or becoming, or simply as a fragment from a classical painting. People have always had a strong, metaphysical connection to clouds and through time have projected many ideas on them.
Empowering Design Through Flexible Personal Space, Alex Knezo
Empowering Design Through Flexible Personal Space, Alex Knezo
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An architecture focused on the specific interaction between users and their spaces, while employing a cohesive system of design paired with innovative technology, can personalize the design of architectural spaces. The customizable nature of systems allows the future of architecture to be linked to well-designed spaces that are tailored to the needs, wants, and attainability of almost anyone in the world. Current forces driving architectural and spatial design often fail to bring new and exciting design at a personal level to the majority of users. These forces focus on a large, detached element to satisfy the masses instead of focusing …
Contributors, Becka Liu, Derek Smith
Contributors, Becka Liu, Derek Smith
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Biographical information on contributors to volume 38, and a list of benefactors and donors
Museum Of Contemporary Art And Planning Exhibition. Shenzhen, China (2007-2016), Wolf D. Prix
Museum Of Contemporary Art And Planning Exhibition. Shenzhen, China (2007-2016), Wolf D. Prix
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The Museum of Contemporary Art and Planning Exhibition (MOCAPE) is part of the master plan for the Futian Cultural District, the new urban center of Shenzhen. The project combines two independent yet structurally unified institutions: The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and the Planning Exhibition(PE) as a cultural meeting point and a venue for architectural exhibitions. The lobby, multifunctional exhibition halls, auditorium, conference rooms and service areas will be used jointly.
Approaching Innovation, Stephen Kieran, James Timberlake
Approaching Innovation, Stephen Kieran, James Timberlake
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Are we living in an Age of Innovation? The news of the day would have us believe so. As an experiment, we tracked the instances we encountered of the word “innovation” being used during the course of an ordinary weekday morning: an advertisement for a private school promises not just an innovative curriculum, but the teaching of innovation itself as a subject. A radio journalist interviews the new Vice Chair of Business Innovations at General Electric about the company’s global innovation barometer.
The Future Is Now? Parametric Design And Technology In Design Process, Massimiliano Fuksas
The Future Is Now? Parametric Design And Technology In Design Process, Massimiliano Fuksas
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I did not want to be an architect, I wanted to be a painter. I’ve never seen myself as an architect in the strict sense of the word. The thought process beyond my work is more similar to that of a visual artist. For example, I’ve always said that when architecture is successful, it turns into sculpture.
Making Camp, Lola Sheppard
Making Camp, Lola Sheppard
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A foundational myth of North America is our collective relationship to our expansive, often rugged, and remote national landscapes. From Thoreau’s cabin in the woods, to nineteenth century cottages offering urbanites respite from the city in the summer seasons, the notion of retreat and the restorative role of immersive landscape experiences has formed part of the North American conscience.