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Design Technics
Archaeologies of Architectural Practice
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Ideal for architects, design historians, and humanities scholars interested in the intersection of technology, history, and philosophy within architectural practice.
Leading scholars historicise and theorise technology's role in architectural design.
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Leading scholars historicise and theorise technology's role in architectural design.
Although the question of technics pervades the contemporary discipline of architecture, there are few critical analyses on the topic. Design Technics fills this gap, arguing that the technical dimension of design has often been flattened into the broader celebratory rhetoric of innovation. Bringing together leading scholars in architectural and design history, the volume's contributors situate these tools on a broader epistemological and chronological canvas. The essays here construct histories—some panoramic and others unfolding around a specific episode—of seven techniques regularly used by the designer in the architectural studio today.
Starting with observations about the epistemological changes that have unfolded in the discipline in recent decades but seeking to offer a more expansive meaning for technics, the volume casts new light on concepts such as form, experience, and image that have played central roles in historical architectural discourses. In addressing these and surrounding questions, this engaging and timely collection thereby proposes technics as a site for historical and philosophical reflection not only for those engaged in architectural design but also for any scholar working in the humanities today.
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Praised for combining material and mental aspects of design, Design Technics is recognised as a groundbreaking work that shifts the focus from architects and buildings to the concrete operations of design, as noted by Antoine Picon. Reviews highlight its broad historical scope, tracing practices from the 19th through 20th centuries, and commend its innovative departure from traditional architectural historiography, engaging critically with the digital era and ancient concepts of techne.
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ISBN: 9781517906856
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 January 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: University of Minnesota Press
Edition: 1
Illustration: 84 b&w illustrations
Contributors:
- Edited by Zeynep Çelik Alexander
- Edited by John May
- Edited by John May
- Edited by John May
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 38.0mm
Width: 178.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 304
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About the Author
Zeynep elik Alexander is associate professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University and author of Kinaesthetic Knowing: Aesthetics, Epistemology, Modern Design.
John May is assistant professor of architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and author of Signal. Image. Architecture. He is founding partner of MILLINS, a Los Angelesbased architectural practice.
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