Name: The Architecture Machine
Brand: Birkhäuser
Price: 39.95 EUR
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ISBN: 9783035621549

Der Computer ist heute aus dem Alltag im Architekturbüro nicht mehr wegzudenken. Bits und Bytes haben längst wichtige Aufgaben im Entwurf und in der Präsentation von Architektur übernommen. Das Buch, das im Rahmen einer gleichnamigen Ausstellung im Architekturmuseum der TUM in der Pinakothek der Moderne in München erschienen ist, wirft erstmalig einen umfassenden Blick auf die Entwicklung des Digitalen in der Architektur. Von den Anfängen in den 1950er-Jahren bis heute erzählt es diese spannende Geschichte in vier Kapiteln und präsentiert den Computer als Zeichenmaschine, als Entwurfswerkzeug, als Medium des Geschichtenerzählens und als interaktive Kommunikationsplattform. Die grundlegende Frage dahinter ist einfach: Hat der Computer die Architektur verändert? Und wenn ja, wie sehr?

Today, it is hard to imagine the everyday work in an architectural practice without computers. Bits and bytes play an important role in the design and presentation of architecture. The book, which is published in the context of an exhibition of the same name of the Architekturmuseum der TUM at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, for the first time considers – in depth – the development of the digital in architecture. In four chapters, it recounts this intriguing history from its beginnings in the 1950s through to today and presents the computer as a drawing machine, as a design tool, as a medium for telling stories, and as an interactive communication platform. The basic underlying question is simple: Has the computer changed architecture? And if so, by how much?

"Flipping through the case studies in each chapter is like quickly moving forward in time, from colored lines on black backgrounds and rudimentary wireframes in the 1980s, to now awkward-looking blobs from the late 1990s and today's hyperrealistic renderings that might look awkward to future generations. […] Although this book is far from technical, architects interested in the evolution of architecture at the hands of CAD and other software should like this historical overview of a period of dramatic change." John Hill, on archidose blogspot, October 2020 <A href="https://archidose.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-architecture-machine.html">https://archidose.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-architecture-machine.html</A>

Computer-aided design; Architecture; Exhibition; Architecture History; Design History

The Role of Computers in Architecture

The Architecture Machine

<UL> <LI> Erster umfassender Überblick zur Geschichte des Computers in der Architektur </LI> <LI> Publikation zur Ausstellung des Architekturmuseums der TUM </LI> <LI> 40 Fallstudien mit mehr als 200 historischen Abbildungen </LI> <LI> Essays renommierter Forscherinnen und Forscher</LI></UL>

<UL> <LI>First comprehensive overview of the history of the computer in architecture </LI> <LI>Publication in support of the exhibition of the Architekturmuseum der TUM </LI> <LI>40 case studies with more than 200 historic images </LI></UL>

Teresa Fankhänel, Kuratorin am Architekturmuseum der TUM Andres Lepik, Direktor des Architekturmuseums der TUM

Teresa Fankhänel, curator at the Architekturmuseum der TUM Andres Lepik, Director of the Architekturmuseum der TUM

Computer-aided designToday, it is hard to imagine the everyday work in an architectural practice without computers. Bits and bytes play an important role in the design and presentation of architecture. The book, which is published in the context of an exhibition of the same name of the Architekturmuseum der TUM at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, for the first time considers – in depth – the development of the digital in architecture.  In four chapters, it recounts this intriguing history from its beginnings in the 1950s through to today and presents the computer as a drawing machine, as a design tool, as a medium for telling stories, and as an interactive communication platform. The basic underlying question is simple: Has the computer changed architecture? And if so, by how much?  First comprehensive overview of the history of the computer in architecture  Publication in support of the exhibition of the Architekturmuseum der TUM  40 case studies with more than 200 historic images 

Computer-aided designToday, it is hard to imagine the everyday work in an architectural practice without computers. Bits and bytes play an i

The Architecture Machine

The Role of Computers in Architecture

Edited by: Teresa Fankhänel, Andres Lepik