Digital TectonicsISBN: 978-0-470-85729-8
Paperback
152 pages
April 2004
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The old opposition between a digital culture of sensuous, ephemeral
images and a tectonic culture of pragmatic building has given way
to a new collaboration between the two domains, a 'digital
tectonics'. Computer linked fabrication techniques of many kinds
have become an integral part of the design process, while new
digital tools are allowing engineers and architects to understand
in far more detail the behaviour of load carrying surfaces, and to
generate new architectural forms.
Digital and computer-linked design techniques is one of the hottest topics in architecture and in an ever-expanding world of digital technology this book tackles the practical elements of the field.