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Author De Luca, Francesco, 1965-

Title Behind the scenes : avant-garde techniques of contemporary design / Francesco de Luca/Mario Nardini
Published Basel ; Boston ; Berlin : Birkhauser, 2002

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Description 93 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Series IT revolution in architecture
IT revolution in architecture.
Contents How, foreword / Antonino Saggio -- 1. From Design to CAD -- 2. Innovative Techniques of Generating Form -- 3. From Bits to Atoms (and Back) -- 4. The World of Sensor -- 5. The Media Environment
Summary "This book aims at revealing almost step by step the methods for approaching architectural design using Information Technologies to open new fields of investigation. Motivated by this spirit, in the first part are sections on Polysurfaces, Keyframing, Morphing, Metaballs, Particle Systems and others on interconnected, open and dynamic systems that bring together contemporary science and computers. But for an essential group of architects this new frontier is also a fundamental attempt to make architecture change interactively with changing situations and desires. The second part of this book is aimed precisely at understanding this world, including the "technical" viewpoint, both through a detailed analysis of the realm of sensors and interactive systems as well as by outlining the overall logic of a new environment. An environment half natural and half artificial, created and developed by new forms of media."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [88]-89)
Subject Architecture -- Technological innovations.
Architectural design -- Data processing.
Architecture -- Computer-aided design.
Architectural design -- Technique.
Architecture and technology.
Author Nardini, Mario
LC no. 00002409
ISBN 3764367377 paperback
Other Titles Behind the scenes : avant-garde techniques in contemporary design