Performance-Oriented Architecture : Rethinking Architectural Design and the Built Environment
[Book Description]
This book offers an innovative and highly practical approach to architectural design. Focusing on the concept of performance that brought about a paradigm shift in the humanities in earlier decades, the book discusses how to use this concept to address ongoing problems in architecture. It explores the meaning of performance in the context of the built environment, design processes, sustainable architecture, spatial organization, and other aspects of design. Featuring numerous color illustrations plus historical and contemporary examples, this is an eye-opening resource for architects and urban designers.
[Table of Contents]
Dedication 5 (1)
Acknowledgements 5 (4)
Foreword 9 (6)
David Leatherbarrow
Introduction: The Task at Hand 15 (2)
Chapter 1 A Brief History of the Notion of 17 (6)
Performance
Chapter 2 A Brief History of the Notion of 23 (8)
Performance in Architecture
Chapter 3 Non-Discrete Architectures 31 (14)
Chapter 4 Non-Anthropocentric Architectures 45 (8)
Chapter 5 Traits of Performance-Oriented 53 (80)
Architecture
Local Climate and Microclimate 57 (2)
Material Performance 59 (8)
The Active Architectural Boundary, the 67 (15)
Articulated Envelope and Heterogeneous
Environments
The Extended Threshold 82 (13)
Second-Degree Auxiliarity: Supplementary 95 (14)
Architectures
First-Degree Auxiliarity: Embedded 109(7)
Architectures
Multiple Grounds and Settlement Patterns 116(17)
Chapter 6 The Road(s) Ahead 133(10)
Select Bibliography 143(5)
Index 148(4)
Picture Credits 152
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