Design and Analysis

Design and Analysis by Bernard Leupen, Christoph Grafe, Nicola Körnig, Marc Lampe, and Peter de Zeeuw Design and Analysis is an insightful, interdisciplinary exploration of the diversity of analytic methods used by architects, designers, urban planners, and landscape architects to understand the structure and principles of the built environment. Developed by a team headed by Bernard Leupen at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, Design and Analysis defies borders of history, geography, and discipline, tracing the evolution of design principles from ancient Greece to the 20th century. "Only methodical analysis gives us an insight into the design process," states architect Bernard Tschumi. Using historical examples from architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture, Design and Analysis defines an ordered system that enables the design student or professional to identify the factors that influence designers’ decisions, and shows how to relate them to the finished project. Design and Analysis is organized into six chapters that correspond to these factors: order and composition, functionality, structure, typology, context, and analytical techniques. The authors introduce the analytical drawing as a time-tested means to obtaining insight into the design process. Over 100 line drawings are featured in all. Using contemporary architectural examples to teach ancient design principles, Design and Analysis is more than just an introduction to analytical methods. The authors give an outline of space design as a whole, from individual buildings to urban and landscape ensembles. Though primarily intended for design students to help them appreciate many of the issues that they will face as professionals, Design and Analysis’s broad, easy-to-read approach makes it an invaluable handbook for designers of all disciplines. 1. Design And Analysis -- 1.1 The Design -- 1.2 The Analysis -- 2. Order And Composition -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Basic Instruments Of Classical Architecture -- 2.3 Transforming And Manipulating The Classical System -- 2.4 The Picturesque And The Narrative -- 2.5 From Distribution To Composition -- 2.6 Towards A New Architecture -- 2.7 Unbounded Space -- 2.8 Giving Shape To The Indeterminate -- 3. Design And Use -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Aspects Of Use Prior To 1900 -- 3.3 Functionalism -- 3.4 The Postwar Period -- 4. Design And Structure -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Unity Of Form And Structure -- 4.3 Structure And Truth -- 4.4 Structure And Cladding -- 4.5 Architecture And Industrial Production -- 4.6 Engineer's Aesthetic -- 4.7 The Monumentalizing Of Technology -- 4.8 The Serviced Shed -- 4.9 The Dramatizing Of Technology -- 5. Design And Typology -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Development Of Type -- 5.3 Typology And Design -- 5.4 Typology And Landscape -- 6. Design And Context -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Landscape -- 6.3 The Natural Landscape -- 6.4 The Cultivated Landscape -- 6.5 The Architectural Landscape -- 6.6 The Development Of City Form -- 6.7 Growth Of The Urban Fabric -- 6.8 The Designed Structure -- 6.9 Transforming The Urban Fabric -- Drawing Techniques To Aid Analysis -- 1. The Basic Projections -- 2. Processing The Drawing. Bernard Leupen ... [et Al.] Translation Of Ontwerp En Analyse, 2nd. Rev. Ed., 1995. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 216-219) And Index. "This book is about the history and practice of architectural, urban and landscape design. It examines the diversity of ideas on design and places the evolution of design instruments in a historical perspective. Providing material for a methodical study of these design fields, it unfolds an ordered system which enables the reader to define factors influencing designers' decisions and to relate these to the result. It thereby introduces the analytical drawing as a way to obtain insight into the process of designing" - introduction This text aims to teach analytical methods that can be applied to any design process. Using historical examples of architecture, urban design and landscape architecture, it traces the evolution of design principles from ancient Greece to the 20th century.