Building Systems Design Technology and Society

Name: Building Systems Design Technology and Society
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ISBN: 9780415617949

ISBN-10: 0415617944

ISBN-13: 9780415617949

Edition: 2012

Authors: Kiel Moe, Ryan E. Smith

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We can no longer view building components as artifacts (a brick or a boiler) or as autonomous systems (air conditioning or prefabrication). Rather these components and systems are but part of much larger systems of which architects are one agent. This book will help architects more broadly envision these networks:Including canonical texts as well as contemporary thinking from well known theorists and practitioners, each contribution frames a specific range of technology in relation to society such as building process, products, economies and ecologiesClearly structured, the book is divided into three parts; each accompanied by a comprehensive introduction by the editorsAn annotated…

Book details

List price: $54.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/20/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.21" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Kiel Moe is an architect and Associate Professor of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.



List of illustrations


List of contributors


List of sources


Prologue


Introduction: systems, technics, and society




Building systems



Construction history: between technological and cultural history




How the introduction of iron in construction changed and developed thought patterns in design




Retrofitting and redacting masonry engineering




Building systems/building territories: industrialized housing delivery and the role of the architect




Building economies



"Architecture or Revolution": Taylorism, technocracy, and social change




Glass and light: the influence of interior illumination on the "Chicago School"




Obsolescence: notes towards a history




Risky business, fishy forms




Building ecologies



Household conditioning (if you are cold, put on a sweater)




A house within a house




Architectural production and sociotechnical codes: a theoretical framework



Annotated bibliography


List of illustration credits


Index