Revealing Architectural Design : Methods, Frameworks and Tools

353 Pages·2014·12.847 MB·English

by  Philip D. Plowright

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Revealing Architectural Design
• How do you use methods to create unique outcomes in the architectural
design process?
• How do you set up methods that have a high degree of success based on your
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• How do you develop and apply conceptual tools to assist in the design process?
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Theory at Lawrence Technological University. He is a founder of the systems-based
think-tank synchRG, a registered architect, and Managing Editor of Enquiry/The
ARCC Journal of Architectural Research. He has published and lectured widely on
issues of meaning, interpretation and process in architectural design.
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Routledge
Taylor & Francis Croup
LONDON AND NEW YORK
First edition published 2014
by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN
and by Routledge
711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa
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© 2014 Philip D. Plowright
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Contents
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3 Revealing methods in architectural design 33
Underlying foundations 36
Pattern-based framework 37
Force-based framework 40
Concept-based framework 44
Methods, beliefs, and limits 47
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The structure of domains 109
First principles reduction as domain transfer 114
Structure-mapping as domain transfer 121
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SECTION III FRAmEwORKS AND mETHODS 131
8 Patterns 133
Structural framework 138
Applied methods 147
Comparative case-study analysis 147
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Architecture addressing nature’s serenity (Example 1) 278
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