BASICS Design: Design Methods

Architects often employ design methods to help them find more creative forms. These methods make it possible to break free of the traditional canon of forms and established paradigms. At the same time, there must be enough leeway for a functional, systematic design conception to take shape. This volume focuses in depth on the design methods that have decisively shaped current architectural practice. How To Produce A Creative Design: Diagrammatic methods (using drawings and schematic representations); Mimetic methods (imitative); Parametric methods (using a characteristic quantity); Automated and digital design methods of the contemporary avant-garde, e.g. scaling, data scapes, folding, and morphing.Kari Jormakka, Dörte Kuhlmann and Oliver Schürer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria.BASICS Architectural Series: At the beginning of one's architecture studies, there are many unknowns: what is really important? how do I brainstorm a design idea? how can this idea be depicted and ultimately implemented? BASICS is a series that imparts fundamental knowledge in compact individual volumes as well as in topical compendiums. It offers precise, step-by-step discussions, systematically covering the most important material pertaining to a given topic. Tailored to the needs of students, the series addresses all key subject areas, including design, architectural presentation, construction, professional practice, building services, landscape architecture, and urbanism. How to produce a creative design? Architects often employ design methods to help them find more creative forms. These methods make it possible to break free of the traditional canon of forms and established paradigms. At the same time, there must be enough leeway for a functional, systematic design conception to take shape. This volume focuses in depth on the design methods that have decisively shaped current architectural practice. Themes are - Diagrammatic methods (using drawings and schematic representations), -Mimetic methods (imitative), - Parametric methods (using a characteristic quantity), - Automated and digital design methods of the contemporary avant-garde, e.g. scaling, datascapes, folding, and morphing. * A source of inspiration and systematic support * Creativity techniques in the work process * Process-oriented design approach Im architektonischen Entwerfen werden gerne Entwurfsmethoden zur kreativen Formfindung eingesetzt, die eine Loslösung vom traditionellen Formenkanon und eingefahrenen Denkmustern ermöglichen. Gleichzeitig muss genügend Spielraum für eine funktionale, systematische Entwurfskonzeption entstehen. In diesem Band werden jene Entwurfsmethoden besonders ausführlich diskutiert, die den aktuellen Architekturdiskurs maßgeblich geprägt haben. Themen: Diagrammatische Methoden (über eine zeichnerische, schematische Darstellung) Mimetische Methoden (nachahmend) Parametrische Methoden (über eine kennzeichnende Größe) Automatische und digitale Entwurfsmethoden der aktuellen Avantgarde wie z.B. Scaling, Datascapes, Folding, Morphing

Architects often employ design methods to help them find more creative forms. These methods make it possible to break free of the traditional canon of forms and established paradigms. At the same time, there must be enough leeway for a functional, systematic design conception to take shape. This volume focuses in depth on the design methods that have decisively shaped current architectural practice.
Themes are - Diagrammatic methods (using drawings and schematic representations), -Mimetic methods (imitative), - Parametric methods (using a characteristic quantity), - Automated and digital design methods of the contemporary avant-garde, e.g. scaling, datascapes, folding, and morphing.

Contents Foreword Introduction Nature and geometry as authorities Music and mathematics as models Accident and the unconscious as sources Rationalist approaches Precedent Responses to site Generative processes In conclusion Appendix Literature Picture credits The authors Wie kann ich einen Entwurf kreativ und doch konsequent gestalten? In diesem Band werden jene Entwurfsmethoden besonders ausführlich diskutiert, die den aktuellen Architekturdiskurs maßgeblich geprägt haben