#books #architecture | Robotic building : architecture in the age of automation

Robotic building : architecture in the age of automation / edited by Mollie Claypool ... [et al.].
Munich: Detail Business Information GmbH, 2019.
128 p. : il.
ISBN 978395553424
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Informática / Diseño asistido por ordenador
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:681.3 ROB
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1126314440

How does the use of robots affect architecture? The use of robots in architecture is already commonplace: Robots automate processes that were previously done manually; complex shapes are created with the help of 3D printing; and autonomous swarm robots construct complex buildings. The potential of using robotics in architecture, structural design, and structural engineering is far from being fully exploited. A number of important questions need to be answered: How does the use of robots influence the resulting structures; how does it affect the way in which architects who work with robots think and plan? "Robotic Building" answers these questions and more, drawing on a variety of practical examples. A final chapter explores the idea of architect as robot, the fully-automated home and similar concepts in which the robot merges with its environment and becomes part of our experience.

#books #architecture | Dada : digital architectural design assertion

Dada : digital architectural design assertion / Andrei Gheorghe.
Berna : Birkhäuser, 2019.
252 p. : il.
Serie: Edition Angewandte.
ISBN 9783035618730
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Informática / Arquitectura – Innovaciones / Diseño asistido por ordenador
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:681.3 DAD
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1110611959

[.en] The ongoing introduction of digital design tools in the architectural professional practice does not only influence the architectural design product, but equally affects the underlying design process. A digital design process taking full advantage of the potential of digital design tools is increasingly different from a paper & pencil based design development process. This publication shows how the digital architectural design tools alter the education process of future architects. The study assumes that the use of digital design and fabrication tools will require the architecture curriculum to adapt. It concludes by proposing to develop a new Digital Architectural Design Education model which differs significantly from the traditional paper & pencil pedagogical model.

#books #architecture | Collaborative laboratory : works of Archi-Union and Fab-Union

Collaborative laboratory : works of Archi-Union and Fab-Union / Philip F. Yuan ; with preface from Antoine Picon ; contributions from Alejandro Zaera-Polo...[et al.].
Hong Kong : Oscar Riera Ojeda, 2018.
398 p. : il. + Berlin Gallery Talk (16 p.)
ISBN 9781946226273
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI – China / Arquitectura – Informática / Arquitectura – Innovaciones / Diseño asistido por ordenador / Estructuras – Diseño
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:681.3 COL / Mat. anejo Nc 285395836
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1105143976

[.en] This book is a compendium of 15 years of its practice modes, developed through 4 chapters that summarize the research based design takes of Archi-Union, and opening up arguments and conversations around topics such as technology, philosophy, human-machine collaboration, material, tectonics, among others. Founded by Philip F. Yuan, Archi-Union Architects is a pioneering architectural firm based in Shanghai. In addition to project accomplished and prizes awarded, Archi-Union made continuous exploration on how geometry, digital technology and material are integral to a provocative understanding of design process and realization. Germinated under this influence and initiated in 2015, Fab-Union Technology defines it's mission as the platform of research and fabrication. Structured under three major orientation: computational geometry, robotics and fab-lab, FU lays a research foundation for the design process of AU. By far, the two teams have succeeded in several projects, including West Bund Fab-Union Space (2015), Pond Society (2016), In Bamboo (2017), Cloud Village (2018).

#books #architecture | Now we see now : architecture and research by The living

Now we see now : architecture and research by The living / David Benjamin with John Locke... [et al.] ; foreword by Paula Antonelli ; essays by Kevin Slavin ... [et al.].
New York : The Monacelli Press, 2018.
595 p. : il.
ISBN 9781580935074
/ EN / Libros / Diseño arquitectónico / Diseño asistido por ordenador
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:681.3 NOW
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1083516402

[.en] ‘Now We See Now’ chronicles the projects and findings of a firm that is charting bold new directions in generative design and other intersections of science and architecture. In the context of massive and accelerating change--in technology, science, climate, and society--the nature of architectural design is also evolving and coming to life in new ways. New York-based office The Living has developed a unique design approach that explores projects through the application of new technologies, materials, and the growing field of generative design (design that uses software to emulate nature's evolutionary processes). These methods are futuristic, even utopian, but also raw and immediate in their application of hands-on prototyping and testing through making. The Living addresses urgent issues through reframing design with today's tools.

David Benjamin, founding principal of The Living, explains his methodologies through numerous projects and abundant research that are making real inroads to what is increasingly known as generative design. Benjamin executes numerous projects that demonstrate these surprising techniques, including the Princeton Embodied Computation Lab, a new building for research on next-generation design and construction technologies; Hy-Fi, a branching tower for MoMA PS1 made of a new type of biodegradable brick; and using principles of adaptive networks to prototype new structural dividers for Airbus that are nearly 50% lighter than traditional ones. ‘Now We See Now’ documents this emerging body of work and points to new directions for an evolving discipline, surveying projects at a variety of scales for a variety for clients. For an era where rapid change is the norm, The Living demonstrates how future design practices can embrace uncertainty and generate surprising solutions to tomorrow's challenges.

#books #design | The artist's guide to GIMP : creative techniques for photographers, artists, and designers

The artist's guide to GIMP : creative techniques for photographers, artists, and designers / Michael J. Hammel.
No Starch Press, San Francisco : 2012 / 2nd ed.
xix, 295 p. : il.
ISBN 9781593274146
Arte por ordenador.
Diseño asistido por ordenador.
Fotografía -- Técnica digital.
GIMP (Programa de ordenador)
Imágenes -- Técnica digital.
Imágenes, Tratamiento de las.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-681.3.06GIMP ART
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1814340~S1*spi

As a full-featured, free alternative to Adobe Photoshop, GIMP is one of the world's most popular open source projects. The latest version of GIMP (2.8) brings long-awaited improvements and powerful new tools to make graphic design and photo manipulation even easier—but it's still a notoriously challenging program to use.

 
‘The Artist's Guide to GIMP’ teaches you how to use GIMP without a tedious list of menu paths and options. Instead, as you follow along with Michael J. Hammel's step-by-step instructions, you'll learn to produce professional-looking advertisements, apply impressive photographic effects, and design cool logos and text effects. These extensively illustrated tutorials are perfect for hands-on learning or as templates for your own artistic experiments.

After a crash course in GIMP's core tools like brushes, patterns, selections, layers, modes, and masks, you'll learn:

–Photographic techniques to clean up blemishes and dust, create sepia-toned antique images, swap colors, produce motion blurs, alter depth of field, simulate a tilt-shift, and fix rips in an old photo
–Web design techniques to create navigation tabs, icons, fancy buttons, backgrounds, and borders
–Type effects to create depth, perspective shadows, metallic and distressed text, and neon and graffiti lettering
–Advertising effects to produce movie posters and package designs; simulate clouds, cracks, cloth, and underwater effects; and create specialized lighting

Whether you're new to GIMP or you've been playing with this powerful software for years, you'll be inspired by the original art, creative photo manipulations, and numerous tips for designers.

#books #architecture | The generic sublime : organizational models for global architecture

The generic sublime : organizational models for global architecture / [author and editor] Ciro Najle.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts : 2016.
397 p. : il.
Este libro presenta proyectos desarrollados por estudiantes de "Harvard University Graduate School of Design" bajo la dirección de Ciro Najle.
ISBN 9781940291758
Diseño arquitectónico.
Diseño asistido por ordenador.
Modelos arquitectónicos.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72:681.3 GEN
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1866014~S1*spi

Skyscraper collectives, tower agglomerations, high-rise housing, mixed-use developments, luxury condominiums, airport hubs, suburban office enclaves, industrial and technology parks, hotel complexes and resorts, conference and financial centers, entertainment venues, gated communities, theme parks, branded cities, new central districts, and satellite cities: extra-large architectural typologies dominate the contemporary built environment worldwide. Despite the ubiquity of these building forms, their development has been largely restricted by a reliance on outmoded traditions of urbanism and the strict separation of disciplinary domains within current architectural practice. The Generic Sublime investigates how the modern concept of the generic––once assumed to achieve universality by means of organizational homogeneity, formal neutrality, programmatic blankness, lack of identity, and insipidness of character––holds the potential to become its very opposite: the singular, the irreducible, and the extraordinary.

#books #architecture | Expressive form : a conceptual approach to computational design

Expressive form : a conceptual approach to computational design / Kostas Terzidis.
Routledge, London [etc.] : 2012.
IX, 90 p. : il.
ISBN 9780415317443
Arquitectura -- Informática.
Diseño asistido por ordenador.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72:681.3 EXP
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1863531~S1*spi

With the increased use of computers, architecture has found itself in the midst of a plethora of possible uses. This book combines theoretical enquiry with practical implementation offering a unique perspective on the use of computers related to architectural form and design. Notions of exaggeration, hybrid, kinetic, algorithmic, fold and warp are examined from different points of view: historical, mathematical, philosophical or critical. Generously illustrated, this book is a source of inspiration for students and professionals.

#books #architecture | Surfaced : the formation of twisted structures : the work of SYSTEMarchitects

Surfaced : the formation of twisted structures : the work of SYSTEMarchitects / contributions by Chee Pearlman, Carolina Miranda, Paul Chatterton ; edited by Oscar Riera Ojeda.
Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers, Hong Kong : 2015.
233 p. : principalmente il.
ISBN 9789881225238
Arquitectura -- Innovaciones tecnológicas.
Diseño asistido por ordenador.
Espacio (Arquitectura)
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72:681.3 SUR
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1809616~S1*spi

Architectural structures create the environment in which they are situated, while at the same time describing that environment. Complex forms, such as the twist, offer the architect a tool to shape an environment with a visible smoothness that disguises the space’s complexity and precision. But twisted structures present a double-challenge for architects and builders. To create such structures, it is necessary not only to design them, but to design the method of constructing them. For some geometries, it is enough to take a conventional building method, or an already extant tool and modify it slightly. But more often than not, completely new tools and methods need to be figured out. This process of re-engineering, rethinking, and reimagining leads to an increasing and progressively more intimate awareness of material, texture, and detail. This book charts the journey of SYSTEMarchitects from the folded geometries of the seminal BURST house exhibited at MOMA’s renowned 2008 show to the curves, tucks and twisted spaces that followed. It records five years of experimentation with pre-fabricated and iterative techniques, low cost materials, and algorithmic design all in service of projects made for everyday use. It examines the role of parametric design in the domestic sphere, and It explores twisted volumes, from large scale structures to the very surface of the twist itself, offering a whole new animated direction for architecture.

#boolks #architecture | Digital & parametric architecture

Digital & parametric architecture / [editor-in-chief/creative director, Carlo Aiello].
Evolo, Los Angeles, CA [etc.] : 2014.
311 p. : principalmente il.
Colección: Evolo ; 6.
ISBN 9781938740060
Arquitectura -- Informática.
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI.
Diseño asistido por ordenador.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72:681.3 DIG
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1849453~S1*spi

‘Digital & Parametric Architecture’ explores the development of the latest digital tools including advance-modeling software and computer aided design in the production of architecture. It is a journey through the most fascinating projects, digitally designed and fabricated, during the second decade of the 21st century. The book highlights the use of these technologies to explore tectonic operations such as sectioning, folding, contouring, and tessellating. A wide variety of projects that range in scale and location offer an insight into the architecture of the future.

#books #architecture | Sketchup for site design : a guide to modeling site plans, terrain and architecture

Sketchup for site design : a guide to modeling site plans, terrain and architecture / Daniel Tal.
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey : 2016 / 2nd ed.
X, 387 p. : il.
ISBN 9781118985076
Arquitectura del paisaje.
Diseño asistido por ordenador.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-712 SKE
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1847588~S1*spi

‘SketchUp for Site Design’ is the definitive guide to SketchUp for landscape architects and other site design professionals. Step-by-step tutorials walk you through basic to advanced processes, with expert guidance toward best practices, customization, organization, and presentation. This new second edition has been revised to align with the latest software updates, with detailed instruction on using the newest terrain modeling tools and the newly available extensions and plug-ins. All graphics have been updated to reflect the current SketchUp interface and menus, and the third part of the book includes all-new content featuring the use of new grade and terrain extensions. Developed around the needs of intermediate professional users and their workflows, this book provides practical all-around coaching on using SketchUp specifically for modeling site plans.

SketchUp was designed for usability, with the needs of the architect, industrial designer, and engineers at center stage. This book shows you how the software's powerful terrain and grade functions make it an ideal tool for site designers, and how to seamlessly integrate it into your workflow for more efficient design and comprehensive planning.

#books #architecture | Atlas of fantastic infrastructures : an intimate look at media architecture

Atlas of fantastic infrastructures : an intimate look at media architecture / Mihye An.
Birkhäuser, Basel : 2015.
392 p. : il.
Colección: Applied Virtuality Book Series ; 9
ISBN 9783035606287
Arquitectura -- Innovaciones tecnológicas.
Diseño asistido por ordenador.
Espacio (Arquitectura)
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72:681.3 ATL
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1824957~S1*spi

Fantastic Infrastructures deals with media architecture and digital infrastructure. In concrete terms, with the relationship between different dimensions as well as the materiality of buildings and the intangibility of data. Since technical and functional studies have not yet yielded any concrete findings, the author speculatively pursues four issues: 1. An affair with phantoms: who do we want to meet in digital space, what kind of communication / interaction can potentially result? 2. Para-wishes: where can we live out our surreal wishes and what strategies do they pursue? 3. A catalog of a variety of spaces: what kind of data, information, things, spaces, and places are available in the world and how do our actions serve to combine them? 4. Garden presents: how can an idea become reality, in which ways do thoughts become physical reality?

#books #architecture | Parametric design for architecture

Parametric design for architecture / Wassim Jabi.
Laurence King, London : 2013.
208 p. : il.
ISBN 9781780673141
Arquitectura -- Informática.
Dibujo arquitectónico.
Diseño asistido por ordenador.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72:681.3 PAR
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1809640~S1*spi

Architects use computer-aided tools to help them visualize their ideas and build models of their designs. However, the majority of these models are built in such a way that it makes them difficult to modify interactively. Parametric design software addresses this problem by allowing architects to specify relationships among various parameters of their design model. The advantage is that a designer can then change a few parameters and the remainder of the model will react and update accordingly and in a consistent manner based on the pre-set associative rules.

Through a detailed description of various parametric, generative, and algorithmic techniques, this book provides a practical guide to generating geometric and topological solutions for various situations, including explicit step-by-step tutorials that will enable the reader to understand both general concepts and specific computational algorithms. While the techniques and algorithms can be generalized to suit to any parametric environment, the book illustrates its concepts using the scripting languages of one of the most powerful 3D visualization and animation design software systems (Autodesk 3ds Max MAXScript), one of the most popular open-source Java-based scripting environments (Processing), and a brand new language specifically tailored for parametric and generative design (Autodesk DesignScript).

This clear, accessible book will have a wide appeal to students who would like to experiment more with parametric techniques but lack the skills and knowledge to do so. Includes a foreword by Robert Woodbury and an afterword by Brian Johnson.

#libros #diseño | Yes, We are Open! : fabricación digital, tecnologías y cultura libres

Yes, We are Open! : fabricación digital, tecnologías y cultura libres / Fab Lab Sevilla, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura Universidad de Sevilla; editores José Pérez de Lama Halcón, Antonio J. Lara Bocanegra, Narciso J. Vázquez Carretero
ETSA, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla : 2014
173 p : il.
Colección: Fab Lab Sevilla ; 3
Textos en español e inglés.
ISBN 9788494183829
Diseño arquitectónico.
Espacio (Arquitectura)
Diseño asistido por ordenador.
Modelos.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72:681.3 YES
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1809418~S1*spi
TEXTO COMPLETO | FabLab · USE
http://fablabsevilla.us.es/index.php/proyectos/185-liberamos-nuestro-libro-yes-we-are-open

Sí, estamos abiertos, a pesar de la crisis. También somos un equipamiento abierto a toda la comunidad universitaria y al público en general. En tercer lugar somos abiertos en cuanto al uso del conocimiento que aplicamos, transformamos y desarrollamos. Nuestra idea es que el conocimiento es un bien común y que, especialmente en el marco de las instituciones públicas de educación e investigación, éste debe ser libre. El Fab Lab Sevilla es un equipamiento para el diseño y la fabricación digital que forma parte de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Sevilla. Fundado en 2009, desde 2011 forma parte de la red internacional Fab Lab Network, liderada por el Center for Bits and Atoms del Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts. En el presente volumen se recogen textos de diferentes colaboradores del Fab Lab Sevilla durante los años 2012 y 2013, tratando temáticas que van desde el Open Design al proceso de creación de un fab lab, pasando por la fabricación de máquinas CNC DIWO, drones amateurs, aplicaciones de las nuevas técnicas digitales en estructuras arquitectónicas de madera, diseño y fabricación de pieles bioclimáticas interactivas y nuevas posibilidades.

#books #architecture | Computational architecture

Computational architecture / Asterios Agkathidis [editor]

Bis, Amsterdam : 2012

159 p. : il

Subtít. en la cub.: Digital designing tools and manufacturing techniques

ISBN 9789063692872

Arquitectura -- Innovaciones tecnológicas.

Diseño asistido por ordenador.

Diseño arquitectónico.

Sbc Aprendizaje A-72:681.3 COM

http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1797446~S1*spi

This is a new title in the successful Architecture and Design Experiments Series edited by the author of Modular Structures in design and architecture and Digital Manufacturing in design and architecture. Computational Architecture showcases many form studies using digital tools and techniques like twisting, lofting, triangulating, drilling, knotting and framing. These techniques are used systematically to explore spatial, structural and geometrical conditions, leading to the emergence of abstract prototypes. As a second step each prototype is used to generate architectural solutions, enriched with data from site analysis and specific building programs.

PREVIEW

ISSUU | Computational architecture

http://issuu.com/a3lab/docs/coarch

LINKS

Bis Publishers | Computational architecture

http://www.bispublishers.nl/bookpage.php?id=216