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Revealing Architectural Designexamines the architectural design process from the point of view of knowledge domains, domain syntax, coherence, framing, thinking styles, decision-making and testing. Using straightforward language, the book connects general design thinking to underlying frameworks that are used in the architectural design process.

The book provides historical grounding as well as clear examples of real design outcomes. It includes diagrams and explanations to make that content accessible. The frameworks and their methods are described by what they can accomplish, what biases they introduce and the use of their final outcomes.

Revealing Architectural Design is an advanced primer useful to anyone interested in increasing the quality of their architectural design proposals through understanding the conceptual tools used to achieve that process. While it is intended for undergraduate and graduate students of architectural design, it will also be useful for experienced architectural practitioners. For the non-architect, this book opens a window into the priorities of a discipline seldom presented with such transparency.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Preface(p. xi)
• Acknowledgements(p. xiii)
• Introduction(p. 1)
• Decision-making, theory, and the visibility of method(p. 5)
• Thinking and frameworks(p. 7)
• Section I Conceptual Foundations(p. 11)
• 1 Disciplines and syntax(p. 13)
• Inside and outside architecture(p. 14)
• Architectural syntax(p. 17)
• 2 Architecture as a type of design discipline(p. 22)
• Design methods(p. 23)
• Problem-solving(p. 25)
• Cognitive styles(p. 28)
• 3 Revealing methods in architectural design(p. 33)
• Underlying foundations(p. 36)
• Pattern-based framework(p. 37)
• Force-based framework(p. 40)
• Concept-based framework(p. 44)
• Methods, beliefs, and limits(p. 47)
• 4 Placing theory and philosophy in architectural design(p. 53)
• The role of philosophy in disciplines(p. 54)
• Theory as an intellectual tool(p. 58)
• Using theory and philosophy in architectural design methods(p. 61)
• Belief to effect(p. 65)
• Section II Thinking Tools(p. 71)
• 5 Thinking styles(p. 73)
• Models, methods, and thinking(p. 74)
• Divergent techniques of exploratory thinking(p. 79)
• Convergent techniques of evaluative thinking(p. 85)
• Decision-making(p. 90)
• 6 First principles(p. 96)
• First principles as a tool(p. 97)
• Architectural design and questioning(p. 100)
• 7 Domain-to-domain transfer(p. 107)
• The structure of domains(p. 109)
• First principles reduction as domain transfer(p. 114)
• Structure-mapping as domain transfer(p. 121)
• Section III Frameworks and Methods(p. 131)
• 8 Patterns(p. 133)
• Structural framework(p. 138)
• Applied methods(p. 147)
• Comparative case-study analysis(p. 147)
• Building-scale pattern synthesis (Example 1)(p. 158)
• Module-scale pattern repetition (Example 2)(p. 167)
• Typological transfer (Examples)(p. 173)
• Bounded thinking(p. 179)
• 9 Forces(p. 185)
• Structural framework(p. 193)
• Applied methods(p. 202)
• Programmatic forces (Example 1)(p. 210)
• Time- and memory-based site forces (Example 2)(p. 221)
• Infrastructural forces (Example 3)(p. 226)
• Emergent thinking(p. 240)
• 10 Concepts(p. 244)
• Structural framework(p. 252)
• Sources of concepts: internal and external content(p. 256)
• Variations of conceptual sources(p. 258)
• Applied methods(p. 276)
• Architecture addressing nature's serenity (Example 1)(p. 278)
• Architecture, landscape, and shopping (Example 2)(p. 284)
• Political activism and architecture (Example 3)(p. 295)
• Coherent thinking(p. 303)
• 11 Conclusion(p. 310)
• Bibliography(p. 316)
• Index(p. 331)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Philip D. Plowright is Associate Professor of Architectural Design, History and Theory at Lawrence Technological University. He is a founder of the systems-based think tank, synchRG, a registered architect, and Managing Editor of Enquiry/The ARCC Journal of Architectural Research. He has published and lectured widely around issues of meaning, interpretation and process in architectural design.