The Pocket Universal Principles of Architecture

The Pocket Universal Principles of Architecture by Cruz Garcia & Nathalie Frankowski & WAI Architecture Think Tank


ISBN
9780760393802
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
216
Dimensions
127 x 127mm

The Pocket Universal Principles of Architecture is a convenient and portable reference for students, practitioners, and educators who seek to broaden and improve their understanding of and expertise in architecture.



With this pocket-size edition of Universal Principles of Architecture, take an expansive and provocative tour of architectural theory and practice.

Exploring everything from basic concepts to speculative design and subversive interventions, The Pocket Universal Principles of Architecture illustrates in 100 concepts the importance, possibilities, challenges, and roles that architecture plays in shaping the world. This radical and perhaps surprising survey is divided into five sections: Archetypes, Methods, Conditions, Relationships, and Imaginaries. And, each of the five sections in the book introduces in 20 principles architecture at different scales and stages of the design process.
 
Through an inclusive and holistic approach, the book refers to initial design ideas, creative design approaches, reflections on the effects of the built and destroyed environments, and architectural desires and aspirations to transform the world and engage with the cosmos.

Because architecture is the converging point where many fields of knowledge, ideas, forms, approaches, methods, sensibilities, and materials meet, the book provides a flexible and dynamic space where the material, conceptual, and social take shape. 
 
Written, illustrated, and designed by critically acclaimed architects, educators, and authors Cruz Garcia and Nathalie Frankowski of WAI Architecture Think Tank, The Pocket Universal Principles of Architecture combines accessible writing with otherworldly images like the ones they have displayed in exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou Metz, Museum of Modern Art New York, Neues Museum Nuremberg, and Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology Lisbon.
 
The principles include:

Figurative ArchetypesParasitic ArchitectureDiagrammingModellingThree-Dimensional PrintingCarbon NeutralBiomimicryInclusive DesignParticipatory DesignAI CitiesQueer CartographiesIntergalactic Architecture
Intended as an intergenerational and transdisciplinary reference volume, the book presents an ambitious overview of what architecture has been and can be in a world full of urgent challenges and abundant opportunities for social and ecological responsibility, and design creativity.

This book will challenge your preconceived notions of what architecture is and how it can be used.
The titles in the Rockport Universal series offer comprehensive and authoritative information and edifying and inspiring visual examples on multidisciplinary subjects for designers, architects, engineers, students, and anyone who is interested in expanding and enriching their design knowledge.
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