Digital fabrications; architectural and material techniques.

9781568987903

Digital fabrications; architectural and material techniques.

Iwamoto, Lisa.

Princeton Architectural Press

2009

144 pages

$24.95

Paperback

Architecture briefs

NA2728

In the late 1980s Frank Gehry and his team adapted software from the aerospace industry for the Disney Concert Hall, thus beginning the evolution of methods that capitalize on the revolutionary potential of digital technology for the design and construction of complex projects. This book focuses on small-scale design, arranging 35 fantastic experimental projects in sections pertaining to methods of fabrication: sectioning, tessellating, folding, contouring, and forming. A leader in the field, Iwamoto (architecture, U. of California Berkeley--among other affiliations) presents the projects with text and color photos, showcasing the creative responses to diverse challenges afforded by the new techniques.

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