From City to House
A Design Theory
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This textbook is aimed at helping architecture students understand the complexity of the design process, from first concepts to finished plans. Contributors call on their decades of practical experience in architecture and design to offer well-informed perspectives on everything from the ways that local contexts and materials can inform a design to the complicated interactions of the individual components of a design. A corresponding exercise section presents a clearly defined and structured methodology for the design process, one that is as useful for practice as it is for teaching. This fully updated second edition features all text in both German and English.
Foreword
Dietmar Eberle
Introduction
Dietmar Eberle
Structure of the Courses
Character and Typology (Ulrike Shröer)
Didactics and Method (Pia Simmendinger)
Structure of the Second Year Course
Exercise 1_Place
Essay on the Theme Place (Peter Thule Kristensen)
Exercise 1: Place
City Level - House Level
Concepts
Assignment
Student Works: Compare and Contrast
Exercise 2_Structure
Essay on the Theme Structure (Ute Poerschke)
Exercise 2: Structure
City Level - House Level
Concepts
Assignment
Student Works: Compare and Contrast
Exercise 3_ Place/Structure
Exercise 3: Place/Structure
City Level - House Level
Concepts
Assignment
Student Works: Compare and Contrast
Exercise 4_Shell
Essay on the Theme Shell (Bettina Köhler)
Exercise 4: Shell
City Level - House Level
Concepts
Assignment
Student Works: Compare and Contrast
Exercise 5_Place/Structure/Shell
Exercise 5: Place/Structure/Shell
City Level - House Level
Concepts
Assignment
Student Works: Compare and Contrast
Exercise 6_Programme
Essay on the Theme Programme (Kenneth Frampton)
Exercise 6: Programme
City Leve l- House Level
Concepts
Assignment
Student Works: Compare and Contrast
Exercise 7_ Place/Structure/Shell/Programme
Exercise 7: Place/Structure/Shell/Programme
City Level - House Level
Concepts
Assignment
Student Works: Compare and Contrast
Exercise 8_Materiality
Essay on the Theme Materiality (Philip Ursprung)
Exercise 8: Materiality and Surfaces
City Level - House Level
Concepts
Assignment
Student Works: Compare and Contrast
Exercise 9_ The Project-Place/Structure/Shell/Programme/Materiality
Exercise 9: The Project-Place/Structure/Shell/Programme/Materiality
Assignment
Student Works: Compare and Contrast
Inputs
Supporting Construction - Art - Landscape Architecture - Historical Preservation - Photography - Model Building - Workshops
Appendix
Staff
Former Students
Brief Biographies
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