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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Forming and centering : foundational aspects of architectural design
  • Contributor: Moffett, Kenneth M. [Author]
  • Published: Bingley: Emerald Publishing, 2017
  • Issue: First edition.
  • Extent: 1 online resource (311 pages)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1108/9781786358288
  • ISBN: 9781786358288
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  • Keywords: Electronic books ; Architectural design ; Architecture, Buildings ; General ; Theory of architecture
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  • Description: In this book a fresh look at the central issues of architecture is assembled and recast into a fully integrated narrative, based on two foundational and complementary aspects of architectural design: those that give shape and those that give focus--forming and centering.

    Front Cover -- Forming and Centering: Foundational Aspects of Architectural Design -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Forming -- 1 Unitary Form -- 2 Addition -- Adjoining -- Linear Linking -- Matrix Embedding -- Touching -- Enfacing -- Collidive Embedding -- Superposition -- Encapsulation -- "Z Axis" Cases -- 3 Replication -- Singular Duplication -- Singular Regression -- Linear Duplication -- Linear Regression -- Planar Duplication -- Planar Regression -- Volumetric Duplication and Regression -- 4 Subtraction -- Plan-Oriented: One Dimension of Variability -- Plan-Oriented: Two Dimensions -- Plan-Oriented: Three Dimensions -- Elevation-Oriented: One Dimension -- Elevation-Oriented: Two Dimensions -- Elevation-Oriented: Three Dimensions -- Variants on the Mediating Cases -- "Ultimate" Subtraction -- 5 Deformation -- Tensile -- Compressive -- Shear -- Bending -- Torque -- Biomorphic -- Explosive -- Implosive -- 6 Dimensionalities -- Planar -- Volumetric/Planar -- Linear -- Volumetric/Linear -- -- Planar/Linear -- -- Volumetric/Planar/Linear -- 7 Formative Hybrids -- Volumetric -- Planar -- Volumetric/Planar -- Linear -- Volumetric/Linear -- Planar/Linear -- -- Volumetric/Planar/Linear -- Part II. Centering -- 8 Limiting Cases -- Radials: Core Centered -- Radials: Void Centered -- Shells: Core Centered -- Shells: Void Centered -- 9 Linking Cases -- Full Penumbras: Core Centered -- Full Penumbras: Void Centered -- Partial Penumbras: Core Centered -- Partial Penumbras: Void Centered -- Unitary Redux -- 10 Centering Hybrids -- Additive: -- Linear Linking -- Touching -- Enfacing -- Embedding -- Superposition -- Encapsulation -- "Z Axis" Cases -- Replicative: -- Cores -- Grids -- Subtractive Incrementation -- -- Subtractive Accommodation -- Deformative -- Morphing -- Deformative Accommodation -- 11 Conclusions

    Forming Modes Related -- Centering Modes Related -- Forming & Centering modes Related -- Appendix 1 -- A Centering Mode Transformation Ring -- Appendix 2 -- On Rudolf Schwarz's The Church Incarnate: The Sacred Function of Christian Architecture -- About the Author -- Bibliography -- Index