A manual that conveys the fundamentals of architectonic design while also providing a novel didactic approach to the presentation of course material: classical design strategies and design conventions are questioned, and unlike conventional textbooks, the individual design steps, from the initial idea to the practical realization of the design, are illustrated by student projects.
In addition to the orientation provided within the individual chapters, a graphic navigational structure guides readers through the book as a whole and enables them to scan and home in on individual projects. On analogy with the semesters of an academic year, the book is divided into two main sections, devoted to the thematic areas space, program, technology, context, and form. Each chapter focuses in on a single aspect of architectonic design. Thus, the overall approach is explained step by step.
Table of Contents:
Inchoate Deviations by Marc Angélil, Dirk Hebel
Teaching the Norm by Dirk Hebel, Jörg Stollmann
Flopping by Jesse LeCavalier
Disciplinarity and Methodology by Deane Simpson
Guidance
0 Material
Fall Semester
Space
Exercises 1–4
1 A Daydream Space
2 A Tango Performance
3 An Open Text
4 A Spatial Assemblage
Berlin Tapes I
A conversation between Jürgen Mayer H., Reto Geiser,
Andreas Ruby, Mark Wasiuta.
Program
Exercises 5–8
5 A Program Notation
6 Multi-dimensional Zoning
7 A Motion Machine
8 A Layered Plan
Berlin Tapes II
Technology
Exercises 9–12
9 Structure vs. Structure
10 Envelopes
11 De-Tale
12 A Feedback Loop
Studio Photographs by Dominique Wehrli
Scripting and Postcard Exercises by Marc Angélil
The Colour of Normality by Jørg Himmelreich
Spring Semester
Exercise 13a–e
Context
13a Transitory Cartographies
13b Urban Strata
13c Collective Palimpsests
Form
13d Program Production
13e Architectures
13a–e From urban concepts to architectural probes
Gerontological Urbanism by UNIT Deane Simpson
Gray Days / Blue Days by UNIT Marion Kalmer
Reformat by UNIT Jesse LeCavalier
Mis_Fit Architecture by UNIT Dirk Hebel
Agglobalisation by UNIT Benjamin Theiler
Berlin Tapes III
Lectures
Research and Teaching Team
Students
Impressum
