Design Technology in Contemporary Architectural Practice

Name: Design Technology in Contemporary Architectural Practice
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138624542
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By Dominik Holzer

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Design Technology in Contemporary Architectural Practice explores how eleven leading architectural studios integrate technologies like computational design, BIM, and digital fabrication into their creative workflows. Through first-hand accounts, it reveals how these firms use technology to both challenge and enhance their design processes, addressing cultural and organisational aspects rather than just tools. The book is structured around themes such as studio culture, collaboration, delivery protocols, business opportunities, and staff empowerment.
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This book is ideal for design professionals seeking to reflect on their use of technology and for academics interested in the interplay between design processes and technological support.

This book unveils how eleven world-leading design studios integrate technology as part of their day-to-day design exploration and delivery. It offers rare insights about how these firms apply technology to disrupt and support their creative design processes, exploring how technology gets integrated on an organisational level.

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Design Technology in Contemporary Architectural Practice lifts the curtain to unveil how eleven world-leading design studios integrate technology (such as computational design, BIM, and digital fabrication) as part of their day-to-day design exploration and delivery. Via first-hand accounts, the book offers rare insights about how these firms apply technology to purposefully disrupt and support their creative design processes in order to then explore how technology can be integrated on an organisational level.

The resulting practice stories are loosely tied to four chapters that discuss how Design Technology corresponds to studio culture, collaboration and delivery protocols, business opportunities, knowledge sharing, staff empowerment, and more.

The author is less interested in presenting the latest and greatest tools than in focusing on cultural and organisational challenges and opportunities. This book benefits both the professional market (such as design firms reflecting on their technology use), as well as the academic context (with its critical reflection on the interface between design process and technology support).

Stories from the following design firms are included:

Coop Himmelb(l)au

Foster + Partners

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)

Zaha Hadid Architects

Diller Scofidio + Renfo

Heatherwick Studio

Morphosis Architects

SO-IL

Woods Bagot

Herzog & de Meuron

LASSA

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138624542

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 June 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 10 Line drawings, color; 143 Halftones, color; 153 Illustrations, color

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 180

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About the Author

Dominik Holzer is Associate Professor in Digital Architectural Design at the University of Melbourne (Australia) where he teaches in architecture, construction, and architectural engineering. An architect by training, Dominik researches, educates, and consults across domains within the built environment. His work centres around the cultural and organisational opportunities and challenges associated with technology-use in contemporary practice.

In parallel to his efforts in academia, Dominik established AEC Connect as an independent strategic BIM, Digital Engineering, and Design Technology consultancy, operating since 2009 in the Asia-Pacific region.

He frequently presents and publishes on Design Technology, (post)Digital Practice, and transdisciplinary collaboration. His BIM Manager’s Handbook (2016) has received wide praise from both industry and academia. The topics covered in his publications draw on the expertise he has established over the past two decades, and his approachable writing style makes them accessible for a wide audience.