Since the 1980s, the diagram has become a preferred method for
researching, communicating, theorising and making architectural
designs, ideas and projects. Thus the rise of the diagram, as
opposed to the model or the drawing, is the one of the most
significant new developments in the process of design in the late
20th and early 21st centuries. "Diagrams of Architecture" is the
first anthology to represent - through texts and diagrams - the
histories, theories and futures of architecture through the
diagram.
Spanning the Pre-historic to the Parametric, "Diagrams of
Architecture" illustrates over 250 diagrams and brings together 26
previously published and newly commissioned essays from leading
international academics, architects, theorists and professional
experts. These combine to define the past and future of the
diagram's discourse. Prefaced with a critical introduction by Mark
Garcia, each text investigates a central concept or dimension of
the diagram ranging from socio-cultural studies, science,
philosophy, technology, CAD/CAM, computing and cyberspace and
virtual/digital design to methodology, environment/sustainability
and phenomenological, poetic and art architecture; as well as
interior, urban, engineering, interactive and landscape design.
- The first critical, multidisciplinary book on the history,
theory and futures of the architectural diagram.
- Includes seminal articles on the diagram from the history and
theory of architecture such as those by Peter Eisenman, Sanford
Kwinter, MVRDV, Neil Spiller, Lars Spuybroek, UN Studio and Anthony
Vidler.
- Features 16 newly commissioned articles by leading architects
and theorists, including Will Alsop, Charles Jencks, Hanif Kara,
Patrik Schumacher, Bernard Tschumi, Leon van Schaik and Alejandro
Zaera-Polo.
- Includes a full-colour critical collection of over 250 of the
most significant and original diagrams, many of which are
previously unpublished, in the history of architecture from around
the world.
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