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020 _a978036774972-9 / 9780367749736
040 _aBC-EPAU
041 _afre
100 _aCody, Robert
100 _aAmoia, Angela
245 _a Alvar Aalto and the future of architecture.
260 _a New York
_bRoutledge
_c2023
300 _a240
_bCouv,ills,en coul, plans
_c15x 23cm
942 _c01
_t0803
994 _a08030528
520 _a"In the contemporary practice of architecture, digital design and fabrication are emergent technologies in transforming how architects present a design and form a material strategy that is responsible, equitable, sustainable, resilient, and forward-looking. This book exposes dialogue between history, theory, design, construction, technology, and sensory experience by means of digital simulations that enhance the assessment and values of our material choices. It offers a critical look to the past to inspire the future. This new edition looks to Alvar Aalto as the primary protagonist for channeling discussions related to these topics. Architects like ALA, Shigeru Ban, 3XN, Peter Zumthor, and others also play the role of contemporary guides in this review. The work of Aalto and selected contemporary architects, along with computer modeling software, showcase the importance of comprehensive design. Organized by the 5 T's of contemporary architectural discourse - Typology, Topology, Tectonics, Technic, Thermodynamics - each chapter is used to connect history through Aalto and develop conversations concerning historical and contemporary models, digital simulations, ecological and passive/active material concerns, construction and fabrications, and healthy sensorial environments. Written for students and academics, this book bridges knowledge from academia into practice and vice versa to help architects become better stewards of the environment, make healthier and more accountable buildings, and find ways to introduce policy to make technology a critical component in thinking about and making architecture.
653 _a Aalto Alvar (1898-1976)-Architecture - Informatique.