Parsing architecture

Author: (English) Simon Unwin (Unwins.)
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: This book offers a unique "notebook" for architectural techniques with its engaging introduction to the fundamental elements and concepts of architectural design. It is filled with insightful sketches by the author, is illustrated throughout, and provides comprehensive content. The selected examples span the entire history of architecture, from ancient primitive sites to recent 20th-century modern buildings, used to illustrate numerous analytical themes and further discuss how diagrammatic analysis can be applied to architectural research. Author Simon Unwin clearly defines the fundamental elements and conceptual themes contained in buildings, describes positive and conceptual methods applicable to the design process, and summarizes architectural techniques into motifs and "paradigms." Additionally, it lists basic architectural models and extracts spatial organization techniques hidden within the external characteristics of buildings. This book attempts to view architecture as a product of the interaction between humans and the external environment, interpreting architecture as a "significant place," which deepens the understanding of this creative discipline. This book provides readers with a strong impetus to improve their architectural design skills.