Protoarchitecture: Analogue and Digital HybridsISBN: 978-0-470-51947-9
Paperback
136 pages
August 2008
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The illusive and uncertain world of translating ideas into matter
is a negotiation between the ideal and the real and a central
preoccupation of architectural production. By invading the toolbox
of digital fabrication, design has transgressed into protocols of
manufacturing previously the domain of other disciplines and skills
sets. Craft, assembly and installation, once the realm of trades,
are qualities that are now dependent upon design information and
its status as an instruction to make. The ensuing loop between the
physical and tactile, the imaginary and speculative, has defined a
new expectation in making architecture as a construct that is part
real, part ideal.
With contributions from Lebbeus Woods, Evan Douglis, Theo Jansen, Shin Egashira and many more, Protoarchitecture presents an explicitly diverse collection of works from leading and emerging practitioners, educators, researchers and visionaries from all corners of this innovative field.
With contributions from Lebbeus Woods, Evan Douglis, Theo Jansen, Shin Egashira and many more, Protoarchitecture presents an explicitly diverse collection of works from leading and emerging practitioners, educators, researchers and visionaries from all corners of this innovative field.