Assembly: Matter, Lineament, and Aggregated Systems in Architectural Production

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Synopsis
Part-to-part relationships and the approach to governing their sensibilities is at the root of all architecture. The need for engaging in a dialogue around these systems is essential to contemporary architectural discourse and practice. Assembly builds on and extends the investigations of materials and representation techniques in the editors’ previous books, Matter and Lineament. This book uses a collection of detailed case studies, explained by first-person authors, about experimental and innovative takes on assembling architecture. Bridging theory and practice, 17 projects and their principled approaches each demonstrate an important vein of inquiry within the topic. Essays probe issues such as latent and overt geometry, fabrication and technology, part-to-part elements, joinery and representation, material vernacular geometries, labor and place-based contextual assemblies, detailing, and pedagogical examinations. This text articulates the traditions and trends of material as the defining premise in the contemporary making of architecture. Its outcomes are applicable to beginning students of architecture and advanced practitioners alike.
Copyright:
2025

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ISBN-13:
9781040261545
Related ISBNs:
9781040261521, 9781032601212, 9781032601243, 9781003457657
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
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Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Gail Peter Borden and Michael Meredith
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Reference, Art and Architecture, Business and Finance, Earth Sciences
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Gail Peter Borden
Edited by:
Michael Meredith

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