Towards an interactive and integrative design process

Michael Shamiyeh and DOM Research Laboratory (Ed.) with articles from

FLORIAN BÖHM < FRANK BRAMMER (franken>< BILL BUXTON < KEES CHRISTIAANSE < BRUCE FISHER (etekt, inc.) < BERNHARD FRANKEN (franken>< OLIVER FRITZ (ETH Zürich) < URS HIRSCHBERGER < MATTHIAS HOLLWICH (etekt, inc.) < HIROSHI ISHII < MARTA MALÉ-ALEMANY (ReD) < KAAS OSTERHUIS (NOX) < MARK ROSA (etekt, inc.) < OLIVER SCHÜRER < MICHAEL SHAMIYEH < DENNIS SHELDEN (Gehry Technologies) < PAU SOLÀ-MORALES < JOSE PEDRO SOUSA < MAKOTO SEI WATANABE <

Contemporary design and production processes make it obvious that achievements in the field of digital technology have indeed had an impact on the practice of architecture. Moreover, we cannot fail to notice that the possibilities for applying digital technologies to architectural production are no longer limited to the creation of photo-realistic visualizations of proposed structures or the algorithmic design of organic forms. After all, the computer today is much more than just a simple rendering machine or a technical aid in consummating designs. It is, first and foremost, an instrument that performs calculations and operations that support the process of analyzing, evaluating, and generating architectural and urban designs, and it opens up a totally new mode of collaboration that facilitates the simultaneous and continuous integration of the countless individuals involved in the design and production processes. It furthers effective interaction among clients (consumers) and proposed architectural projects by allowing individual input to interact with project databases. Hereby the parametric design advances as the central element of computer generated architecture. It allows a new way of interactive designing, based on preprogrammed rules. The book on hand demonstrates the undeniable potential of an interactive and integrative design process considering the present technical standards. It raises the question, what a future product world, that is organized “on demand” according to individual desires, could look like. In this sense the book offers powerful insights that are relevant to the architectural profession.

Editor: Michael Shamiyeh
Copy Editing: Raquel Macho
Design: Reklamebüro Linz/Austria

Printed in Austria
ISBN-10: 3-901815-37-6
ISBN-13: 978-3-901815-37-9

Price EUR 34,50