Projects per year
Abstract
This paper argues for a new critical approach to the ways architectural design strategies are developing. Contemporary construction industry appears to evolve into highly specialized and optimized processes driven by industrialized
manufacturing, therefore the role of the architect and the understanding of the architectural design process ought to be revised. The paper is based on the following underlying hypothesis: ‘Tectonic thinking – defined as a central attention towards the nature, the properties, and the application of building materials (construction) and how this attention forms a creative force in building constructions, structural features and architectural design (construing) – helps to identify and refine technology transfer in contemporary industrialized building construction’.1 Through various references from the construction industry, business theory and architectural practice the paper offers various analyses, comparisons and concrete design approaches. How architectural design processes and the tectonic design can benefit from Integrated Product Deliveries, mass-customization and Design for Disassembly is examined and discussed. The paper concludes by presenting a series of arguments that call for adaptable systems based on sufficient numbers of industrialized building products of high quality and a great variety of suppliers, and point at the need for optimizing our use of resources in order to reach sustainable solutions in architecture.
manufacturing, therefore the role of the architect and the understanding of the architectural design process ought to be revised. The paper is based on the following underlying hypothesis: ‘Tectonic thinking – defined as a central attention towards the nature, the properties, and the application of building materials (construction) and how this attention forms a creative force in building constructions, structural features and architectural design (construing) – helps to identify and refine technology transfer in contemporary industrialized building construction’.1 Through various references from the construction industry, business theory and architectural practice the paper offers various analyses, comparisons and concrete design approaches. How architectural design processes and the tectonic design can benefit from Integrated Product Deliveries, mass-customization and Design for Disassembly is examined and discussed. The paper concludes by presenting a series of arguments that call for adaptable systems based on sufficient numbers of industrialized building products of high quality and a great variety of suppliers, and point at the need for optimizing our use of resources in order to reach sustainable solutions in architecture.
Translated title of the contribution | Tektonisk tænkning i nutidig industriel arkitektur |
---|---|
Original language | English |
Article number | 8 |
Journal | The Journal of Facade Design and Engineering |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 1/2 |
Pages (from-to) | 85-95 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISSN | 2213-302X |
Publication status | Published - 20 Dec 2013 |
Event | Tectonic Practice & Thinking in Architecture - KADK, AAA, SBi, København, Denmark Duration: 19 Apr 2012 → 19 Apr 2012 |
Seminar
Seminar | Tectonic Practice & Thinking in Architecture |
---|---|
Location | KADK, AAA, SBi |
Country/Territory | Denmark |
City | København |
Period | 19/04/2012 → 19/04/2012 |
Artistic research
- No
Projects
- 1 Finished
-
Mod en tektonisk bæredygtig byggekultur
Beim, A., Jensen, T. B., Stylsvig Madsen, U., Egholm Jackson, O., Bundgaard, C., Christiansen, K. & Bech-Danielsen, C.
01/02/2010 → 31/01/2013
Project: Research