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Generative Design: Form-finding techniques in achitecture Asterios Agkathidis – Available February
Generative Design by Asterios Agkathidis and published by Laurence King is an inspirational guide to generating form, one of the most fundamental and rapidly evolving aspects of architectural education and practice. In recent years, computational tools
have introduced innovative form-finding techniques, revolutionizing architectural design and production. These offer new design paths to architects by breaking with predictable relationships between form and representation in favour of computationally generated complexities,
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Nanotecture: Tiny Built Things Rebecca Roke – Available March
Nanotecture: Tiny Built Things, published by Phaidon, brings together 300 small works of architecture from the last decade. It features pavilions, installations,
sheds, cabins and tree houses, homes for dogs, cats and bees, and portable inflatable and flat-packed structures, each accompanied by a colour image and short text.
Nanotecture encompasses playful
works from Paul Smith’s shed for the London Design Festival 2014 to Sou Fujimoto’s Bränden Bus Stop, as well as projects that respond to challenges of space, ecology and human relief. These include the bespoke forested
rooms of the eco-tourist Tree Hotel complex in Sweden and Winfried Baumann’s Instant Housing for disaster situations and the homeless. The book illustrates how internation-
ally established and emerging architects embrace the freedom to experiment with materials and design concepts when working on a small scale. Projects that address social challenges
include the GRID housing system (Carter Williamson Architects), which was devised following the Banda Aceh tsunami. The flat-packed design can be
transported to disaster areas and erected within four hours. Other transportable structures such as Wheelly (ZO_loft Architecture
and Design) and I-Gloobox (Georgi Djongarski) provide
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assistance to the urban homeless, confronting the basic human need for shelter and security. A growing awareness of the ecological
impact of the construction industry is a consideration for other projects in the book. With the density of urban living increasing throughout
the world,
projects such as the Tree Hotel complex in Sweden attempt to impact minimally on their site and allow guests to engage with the natural environment as much as possible. Greater attention is often focused on
how materials are used in small-scale works of architecture, where the space is occupied more intimately. Each project in Nanotecture is
coded according to 66 predominant construction materials, from plywood and recently developed composites such as printed concrete and bio-plastics, to hula hoops and other repurposed objects. The book is organised into five chapters of progressively larger works: micro, mini, midi, macro and maxi.
thus enabling the development of new topologies. This attractive, pocket-sized book uses 12 different architectural projects to explore how generative design processes can integrate digital as well as physical design tools and techniques to produce innovative forms that cohere with structural and material principles, performance and context. Illustrated with drawings, computer
images and models, this stimulating, accessible handbook of ideas provides a guide for students as well as inspiration for practising architects.
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