The subtitle of this small book is: “Four essays on the position designing takes between people ands things”.
Most things that we make and use cannot be identified with a single person as “the designer” as we know such a person today. They often are sophisticated and complex objects. The book is about how such objects emerge as the product of a social process of making and using.
With every design for collective housing a distinction needs to be made between the design for what is collective from the design of the individual dwelling units. This distribution of design responsibility has led toe the concepts of “base building” from and that of “fit-out”. The boundary between the two is not fixed for all cases but must be determined anew in each project. This separation of two design products can lead to a new kind of architecture.
The documentary `CASE STUDIES NL` is a research project that portrays a kaleidoscope of seven Dutch housing developments which all have adaptability and participation of the inhabitants as their core concepts.
With the aim of creating an energy-efficient, green, social and flexible urban living environment fit for the challenges of the 21st century and its demands, Osaka Gas commissioned the experimental residential complex `NEXT21` in Osaka in 1989 (completed in 1993).
The SketchUp document with this post gives the base forms for Play Six ‘Kahn-Herzberger Variations’ as suggested on page 166 of the book “Conversations with Form, a workbook for students of architecture” In this post the dimensions of the base form are given in meters and centimeters.
The SketchUp document with this post gives the base forms for Play Six ‘Kahn-Herzberger Variations’ as suggested on page 166 of the book “Conversations with Form, a workbook for students of architecture” In this post the dimensions of the base form are given in feet and inches.
The SketchUp document with this post gives the base form for Play Five, ‘Visualisation and Resilience, Don’t go back’: suggested on page 143 of the book “Conversations with Form, a workbook for Students of architecture” In this post the dimensions of the base form are given in meters and centimeters.
For a demonstration of how a section can be developed in a sequence of ‘section’ entities, see the post with the feet and inches version of this base form.
The SketchUp document with this post gives the base form for Play Five, ‘Visualisation and Resilience, Don’t go back’: suggested on page 143 of the book “Conversations with Form, A workbook for Students of architecture” In this post the dimensions of the base form are given in feet and inches.
This file also demonstrates how a section can be developed in a sequence of ‘section’ entities by sequentially copying the last one and transforming it.
The SketchUp document with this post gives the base form for Play Seven, ‘Stacking Systems’: suggested on page 202 of the book “Conversations with Form, A workbook for Students of architecture” In this post the dimensions of the base form are given in meters and centimeters.