TY - BOOK AU - Holzer,Dominik TI - Design technology in contemporary architectural practice SN - 9781138624535 AV - NA2728 H65 2023 U1 - 720.285 23 PY - 2023/// CY - London PB - Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group KW - Architectural design KW - Data processing KW - ARCHITECTURE / General KW - Architecture KW - Professional Practice N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword (by Mark Burry) ix -- Preface xiii -- Acknowledgements xvii List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xix -- 1. Introduction - Defining Design Technology 1 -- 1.1 Background to Design Technology 2 -- 1.2 How the 'Information Age' Has Transformed Architectural Design Practice 3 -- Practice Insert: Coop Himmelb(l)au 5 -- 1.3 Computational Design in Architecture Practice - A Brief History 14 -- Practice Insert: Foster + Partners 19 -- 1.4 The Proliferation of Parametric Design and Scripting 28 -- 1.5 Object-oriented Design Documentation Going Mainstream 29 -- 1.6 Digital Models for Structural and Environmental Performance Feedback 30 -- Practice Insert: BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group 34 -- 2. Positioning Technology Within Design Practice 41 -- 2.1 The Ambivalent Relationship Between Architects and (Design) Technology 41 -- 2.2 Becoming Strategic About Technology Choices 44 -- Practice Insert: Zaha Hadid Architects 46 -- 2.3 Matching Studio Culture with Technology Support 55 -- Practice Insert: Diller Scofidio + Renfo 58 -- 2.4 Addressing Design Technology on an Organizational Level 66 -- 2.5 Setting Up and Positioning Design Technology Within the Office Structure 66 -- Practice Insert: Heatherwick Studio 71 -- 2.6 Project Support 78 -- Practice Insert: Morphosis Architects 71 -- 2.7 Design Technology: Liaising with Practice Leadership 90 -- 2.8 The Next Level - Design Technology as a Business Opportunity 92 -- Practice Insert: SO-IL 94 -- 3. Tooling 101 -- 3.1 Seeking Alignment Between Design Process and tools 101 -- 3.2 Tool: From Drafting Support to Decision Support (and more?) 103 -- Practice Insert: Woods Bagot 106 -- 3.3 More Flexible/smaller/lighter 115 -- 3.4 The Virtual Office 117 -- Practice Insert: Herzog & de Meuron 120 -- 3.5 File to Fabrication 128 -- Practice Insert: LASSA 133 -- 3.6 Convergence - Tooling Across Domains 141 -- 3.7 Design Technology, Semiotics, and human behavior! 142 -- 4. Moving Forward 145 -- Interview with four leading design technologists 145 -- Index 155 -- N2 - "Design Technology in Contemporary Architectural Practice lifts the curtain to unveil how eleven world-leading design studios integrate technology (such as Computational Design, BIM and Digital Fabrication) as part of their day-to-day design exploration and delivery. Via first-hand accounts, the book offers rare insights about how these firms apply technology to purposefully disrupt and support their creative design processes, to then explore how technology gets integrated on an organisational level. The resulting practice stories are loosely tied to four chapters that discuss how Design Technology corresponds to studio culture, collaboration and delivery protocols, business opportunities, knowledge-sharing, staff empowerment, and more. The author is less interested in presenting the latest and greatest tools, instead focusing on cultural and organisational challenges and opportunities. This book will benefit both the professional market (such as design firms reflecting on their technology-use), as well as the academic context (with its critical reflection on the interface between design process and technology support)"-- ER -