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Language of Architecture

Autor Andrea Simitch, Val Warke
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 iul 2014

În paginile volumului Language of Architecture, observăm un dialog fluid între rigoarea teoretică și forța imaginii. Considerăm că această lucrare reușește să transforme conceptele abstracte în experiențe vizuale concrete, unde textul nu doar explică, ci reinterpretează cele 250 de fotografii color incluse. Structura în 26 de capitole funcționează ca un alfabet vizual, ghidând cititorul prin istoria și utilizarea elementelor fundamentale care definesc spațiul construit. Experimentăm o incursiune senzorială în care textura pietrei, ritmul coloanelor și jocul de lumini sunt analizate ca unități ale unui limbaj complex. Reținem faptul că autorii, Andrea Simitch și Val Warke, nu se rezumă la o simplă trecere în revistă a stilurilor, ci oferă o metodologie de lucru utilă pe tot parcursul carierei. Complementar lui Archispeak de Tom Porter din aceeași perioadă, care se concentrează pe jargonul terminologic, Language of Architecture are o perspectivă mult mai aplicată, axată pe generarea de idei prin înțelegerea formei. Dacă Archispeak traduce cuvintele în concepte, acest volum traduce conceptele în realitate fizică și estetică. Simțim calitatea producției oferite de Rockport Publishers Inc. prin modul în care imaginile de mari dimensiuni sunt juxtapuse analizelor istorice, oferind o claritate care lipsește adesea în manualele tehnice. Credem că forța acestei cărți rezidă în capacitatea de a aminti arhitectului că, dincolo de tendințe pasagere, stăpânirea fundamentelor este cea care permite crearea unor structuri memorabile.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781592538584
ISBN-10: 1592538584
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 250 color photos
Dimensiuni: 208 x 256 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.78 kg
Editura: Rockport Publishers Inc.

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte oricărui student sau profesionist care dorește să își consolideze vocabularul vizual. Veți câștiga o înțelegere profundă a modului în care elementele de design interacționează pentru a crea sens. Este un instrument de lucru esențial care transformă teoria arhitecturală într-o sursă constantă de inspirație, oferind repere clare într-un domeniu aflat mereu în schimbare.


Despre autor

Andrea Simitch este o figură proeminentă în educația arhitecturală contemporană, ocupând funcția de directoare a departamentului de arhitectură la prestigioasa Universitate Cornell din SUA. Experiența sa academică bogată se reflectă în claritatea didactică a volumului, unde predă nu doar tehnica, ci și filosofia din spatele formei. Alături de Val Warke, ea aduce în Language of Architecture expertiza necesară pentru a naviga între mediul universitar și practica profesională, oferind o viziune echilibrată asupra disciplinei.


Descriere scurtă

Learning a new discipline is similar to learning a new language; in order to master the foundation of architecture, you must first master the basic building blocks of its language ߝ the definitions, function, and usage. The Language of Architecture provides students and professional architects with the basic elements of architectural design, divided into twenty-six easy-to-comprehend chapters. This visual reference includes an introductory, historical view of the elements, as well as an overview of how these elements can and have been used across multiple design disciplines.
 
Whether you’re new to the field or have been an architect for years, you’ll want to flip through the pages of this book throughout your career and use it as the go-to reference for inspiration, ideas, and reminders of how a strong knowledge of the basics allows for meaningful, memorable, and beautiful fashions that extend beyond trends.
 
This comprehensive learning tool is the one book you’ll want as a staple in your library.
 


Notă biografică

Andrea Simitch is an educator and an architect. She is the Director of the Bachelor of Architecture Program in the Department of Architecture at Cornell University, and an associate professor with tenure. She has also served as Associate Dean of Cornell's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, and as Director of Undergraduate Studies. She studied architecture at the Ecole Special d'Architecture in Paris and received her B.Arch. degree from Cornell University in 1979. She began her teaching career at Cornell in 1983 and was the first female architect to be granted tenure in the Department of Architecture there. She teaches courses in architectural design as well as architectural representation and furniture design, with works by her students having been exhibited at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York. She has taught extensively for Cornell in numerous international venuees that include Europe, Central America, and South America. She has been a panelist on the New York State Council on the Arts and a visiting professor at numerous universities including the University of Toronto, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tunghai University, and The University of Minnesota. She is also a principal of Simith + Warke Architects, a collaborative practice with work that includes residential, commercial, and speculative projects. Her collages have been included in Joao Alvaro Rocha's monograph Architectures, and she has contributed several essays to the Cornell Journal of Architecture, most recently "Re-Collage" in number 8.
Val Warke is an associate professor at Cornell University's Department of Architecture, where he has been a department chair, a director of graduate studies, and the coordinator of the first year B.Arch. program. In addition to architecture, he is also a member of the graduate field of Fabric Science and Apparel Design at Cornell. Previously, he was an assistant professor at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He has authored numerous essays on architectural design, criticism, and theory, which have appeared in journals such as Assemblage, A+U, Cornell Journal of Architecture, and Harvard Design Magazine, as well as in many monographs; and he has collaborated with Thom Mayne in writing the book Morphosis. Recently, his research has focused on genre theory, including issues of fashion, formalism, populism, reception, and various associations to literary theory and ctiticism, especially as related to the work of Mikhail Bakhtin. As a partner in Simitch + Warke, he has collaborated on the design of numerous projects and competitions from the scale of the house to that of the city. He received his B.Arch. from Cornell University and his M.Arch. from Harvard University.

Descriere

Examine the basic elements and principles of architectural design in this comprehensive reference that defines each of the basic elements. This must-have book enhances visual literacy, and inspires with dynamic and memorable visual references.