ABSTRACT

The Routledge Companion for Architecture Design and Practice provides an overview of established and emerging trends in architecture practice. Contributions of the latest research from international experts examine external forces applied to the practice and discipline of architecture. Each chapter contains up-to-date and relevant information about select aspects of architecture, and the changes this information will have on the future of the profession.

The Companion contains thirty-five chapters, divided into seven parts: Theoretical Stances, Technology, Sustainability, Behavorism, Urbanism, Professional Practice and Society. Topics include: Evidence-Based Design, Performativity, Designing for Net Zero Energy, The Substance of Light in Design, Social Equity and Ethics for Sustainable Architecture, Universal Design, Design Psychology, Architecture, Branding and the Politics of Identity, The Role of BIM in Green Architecture, Public Health and the Design Process, Affordable Housing, Disaster Preparation and Mitigation, Diversity and many more. Each chapter follows the running theme of examining external forces applied to the practice and discipline of architecture in order to uncover the evolving theoretical tenets of what constitutes today’s architectural profession, and the tools that will be required of the future architect.

This book considers architecture’s interdisciplinary nature, and addresses its current and evolving perspectives related to social, economic, environmental, technological, and globalization trends. These challenges are central to the future direction of architecture and as such this Companion will serve as an invaluable reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students, existing practitioners and future architects.

part I|89 pages

Architectural Design and Theoretical Tenets

chapter 2|14 pages

Tabloid Transparency

Looking through Types, Legibility, Abstraction and the Discipline of Architecture

chapter 3|10 pages

Spatial Choreography and Geometry of Movement as the Genesis of Form

The Material and Immaterial in Architecture

chapter 4|15 pages

Cognitive Design Thinking and Research in Design and Practice

Evidence-based Design

chapter 6|13 pages

Design Emulating Biological and Organic Forms

Morphogenetic Design

part II|93 pages

Architectural Design and Tectonics, Materiality and Sciences

chapter 7|24 pages

Performativity

The Fourth Dimension in Architectural Design

chapter 8|16 pages

Structure and Architecture

Tectonics of Form

chapter 9|15 pages

Designing for Net Zero Energy

From Low-tech to Mid-tech to Hi-tech and to Eco-tech

chapter 10|20 pages

Materiality and Computational Design

Emerging Material Systems and the Role of Design Computation and Digital Fabrication

chapter 11|15 pages

Transparency

The Substance of Light in the Design Concept

part III|54 pages

Architectural Design and Ecological Sustainability

chapter 14|11 pages

Integrative Design Practices

Twenty-First Century Building for Sustainability

chapter 15|16 pages

Architecture of Change

Adaptive Building Skins

part IV|63 pages

Architectural Design and Behaviorism

part V|97 pages

Architectural Design and Urbanism

chapter 20|14 pages

Public Health and the Design Process

chapter 21|20 pages

To Dwell

The Art of Shaping our Homes and Communities

chapter 23|17 pages

Defensive Design

Design for Security and Mitigating Potential Terrorist Attacks

chapter 24|21 pages

New Urbanism and the Economics of Place

What Style is Your Bailout?

part VI|66 pages

Architectural Design and Practicing the Profession

chapter 26|8 pages

Discipline of Architecture versus the Profession

Specialization in Architecture Education and Practice

chapter 27|8 pages

Project Delivery Systems

Architecture/Engineering/Construction Industry Trends and Their Ramifications

chapter 28|13 pages

The Designed Environment and Deep Ecology

Architects' Rules of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Social Sustainability

part VII|98 pages

Architectural Design and Societal Issues

chapter VII 32|18 pages

Diversity

Taking Steps to Create a Diverse Design Profession

chapter VII 33|14 pages

Architecture to Save the World

The Activist Architect's Social and Humanitarian Role

chapter VII 34|16 pages

Gender Issues in Architecture

chapter VII 35|16 pages

Alternative Futures in Architecture