Rüdiger Lainer
Author: Walter Zschokke
Publisher: Birkhauser
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 176
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Design Things
Author: Thomas Binder
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2024-12-17
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0262553775
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new perspective on design thinking and design practice: beyond products and projects, toward participatory design things. Design Things offers an innovative view of design thinking and design practice, envisioning ways to combine creative design with a participatory approach encompassing aesthetic and democratic practices and values. The authors of Design Things look at design practice as a mode of inquiry that involves people, space, artifacts, materials, and aesthetic experience, following the process of transformation from a design concept to a thing. Design Things, which grew out of the Atelier (Architecture and Technology for Inspirational Living) research project, goes beyond the making of a single object to view design projects as sociomaterial assemblies of humans and artifacts—“design things.” The book offers both theoretical and practical perspectives, providing empirical support for the authors' conceptual framework with field projects, case studies, and examples from professional practice. The authors examine the dynamics of the design process; the multiple transformations of the object of design; metamorphing, performing, and taking place as design strategies; the concept of the design space as “emerging landscapes”; the relation between design and use; and the design of controversial things.
Mind Technologies
Author: Raymond George Siemens
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 1552381722
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe computer-assisted tools, methodologies and structures through which those in the arts and humanities pursue their disciplines - the humanities 'mind technologies' - have come increasingly to the forefront in recent years. Arising in part from recent meetings between the Consortium for Computing in the Humanities (COCH/COSH) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the volume is the first to document the internationally significant work of the Canadian academic community in this area. Addressing issues of funding, research and innovation, these articles foc.
Interior Spaces of Europe
Author: Images
Publisher: Images Publishing
Published: 1998-12
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781864700107
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresenting the brilliant artistry and creativity of leading European design firms, this publication concentrates.intensively on commercial spaces. Projects are represented in full color and biographical information is given on participating firms.
Schwanzer – Architect. Visionary. Maestro.
Author: Benjamin Swiczinsky
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Published: 2018-12-03
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 303561864X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKarl Schwanzer, der 2018 einhundert Jahre alt geworden wäre, ist aus der Architekturgeschichte Österreichs nicht wegzudenken. Seine Bauten, etwa das BMW Gebäude in München, haben im In- und Ausland für Aufsehen gesorgt; sein Institut an der TU Wien hat Büros wie Coop Himmelb(l)au hervorgebracht. Seine Mitarbeiter, Studenten und Bauherren verliehen ihm posthum einen Kultstatus, der insbesondere durch seine leidenschaftliche Arbeitsweise, bei der er nichts und niemanden verschonte, und seine unerbittliche Suche nach der optimalen Lösung begründet ist. Seine Arbeitsweise war in jeder Hinsicht radikal und unkonventionell. Dass nun sein Leben in Form eines Graphic Novel erzählt wird, ist sicher auch unkonventionell, aber durchaus folgerichtig!
Architecture in Austria : a Survey of the 20th Century
Author: Otto Kapfinger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9783764360313
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCross Laminated Timber
Author: Nic Crawley
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-03-01
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 1000222012
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCross-laminated timber (CLT) has long been heralded as a wonder material, with a light environmental footprint, high strength, quick installation times and reduced waste – so why isn’t everyone using it? Delving into the key considerations including fire safety, cost and value, visual aspects, planning, feasibility and engineering, this book is an essential companion to designing and delivering exemplar CLT buildings. Abundantly illustrated with over 130 colour images and in-depth case studies from around the world, it will help the entire project team - whether design team, constructor or clients - to better understand and build using a truly modern method of construction. Outlines key challenges as well as benefits of CLT, including quality, cost and environmental benefits, risk reduction and health and safety benefits Presents lessons learnt to aid the development process, from the earliest stages of design to production and assembly Accessible, easy-to-read handbook format allows you to dip in and out, investigating issues as necessary Multidisciplinary in approach with contributions from a range of practitioners
Smart City Emergence
Author: Leonidas Anthopoulos
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2019-06-12
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 0128165847
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSmart City Emergence: Cases from around the World analyzes how smart cities are currently being conceptualized and implemented, examining the theoretical underpinnings and technologies that connect theory with tangible practice achievements. Using numerous cities from different regions around the globe, the book compares how smart cities of different sizes are evolving in different countries and continents. In addition, it examines the challenges cities face as they adopt the smart city concept, separating fact from fiction, with insights from scholars, government officials and vendors currently involved in smart city implementation. - Utilizes a sound and systematic research methodology - Includes a review of the latest research developments - Contains, in each chapter, a brief summary of the case, an illustration of the theoretical context that lies behind the case, the case study itself, and conclusions showing learned outcomes - Examines smart cities in relation to climate change, sustainability, natural disasters and community resiliency
Knowledge Emergence
Author: Ikujiro Nonaka
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001-01-25
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 0190284862
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book brings together the research of a number of scholars in the field of knowledge creation and imparts a sense of order to the field. The chapters share three characteristics: they are all grounded in extensive qualitative and/or quantitative research; they all go beyond the mere description of the knowledge-creation process and offer both theoretical and strategic implications; they share a view of knowledge creation and knowledge transfer as delicate processes, necessitating particular forms of support from managers.
Human-Computer Interaction
Author: Hans-J”rg Bullinger
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 1999-09-01
Total Pages: 1408
ISBN-13: 9780805833928
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume, one of a two volume set, is from the August 1999 HCI International conference papers presented in Munich, Germany. Human Computer Interaction: Communication, Cooperation, and Application Design focuses on the informative and communicative aspects of computer use. A larger number of contributions is concerned with computer-supported cooperation using a wide variety of different techniques. In keeping with the increased focus of HCI International '99 on internet issues and aspects of the global information society, many papers in this volume are centered around information and communication networks and their implications for work, learning, and every-day activities. Due to the growing number and diversity of groups utilizing modern information technologies, issues of accessibility and design for all are becoming more and more pertinent. A range of papers in this volume address these issues and provide the latest research and development results.
