Architecture

About: Architecture is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 25849 publications have been published within this topic receiving 225266 citations.

Autistic Architecture: The Fall of the Icon and the Rise of the Serial Object of Architecture

Abstract: Over the last 30 years, a new generation of corporate architectural â�€�˜iconsâ�€�™ have sprouted across the globe. These commissions are hailed as â�€�˜iconicâ�€�™ often even before they are erected, receive wide media attention, and have become the object of academic enquiry in architecture, geography, sociology and urban studies. However, as intellectual inquiry focuses on the proliferation of contemporary corporate â�€�˜iconsâ�€�™, the question that Gottman (1966) posed back in 1966, i.e. whether, as the skyscraper spreads around the world it still has the same meaning and function as it had in the beginning, remains unanswered and becomes more relevant than ever. An analysis that links the proliferation of new to the banalisation of older corporate â�€�˜iconsâ�€�™ is still to be undertaken.. In this contribution, I sketch an interpretative framework for interpreting this parallel process of â�€�˜banalisationâ�€�™ of old and proliferation of new â�€�˜iconicâ�€�™ corporate architecture as the Janus-faced manifestation of a qualitative shift in the relationship between capital and architecture. Highlighting the shift from place-bound, place-loyal urban elites, to footloose transnational elites, I argue that, after the 1970s, the need to develop a new set of building specifications and use-values to accommodate the requirements of the new urban economy is matched by an equally pressing need to develop a new set of symbolic values and a new radical imaginary for a new generation of transnational elites. Using Castoriadisâ�€�™ analysis of the radical imaginary I conceptualise architecture as the narrativisation of the desire of elites at any given era, and argue that, if place loyalty was the driver of urban change in early 20th century, when urban tycoons funded monuments to their life and their city, it is the evasion of place loyalty alongside urban managerial practices that fuels urban renewal today. Within this context, I identify a number of siginificant differences between contemporary and earlier corporate â�€�˜iconsâ�€�™ and argue that these set contemporary corporate commissions apart from the category of â�€�˜iconicâ�€�™ objects, and closer to what Baudrilliard terms â�€�˜serial objectsâ�€�™. The different symbolic, material, and social role of contemporary corporate buildings, I argue, puts them into a new category, which I term Autistic Architecture.

Designing Digital Space: An Architect's Guide to Virtual Reality

Abstract: Partial table of contents: THE PAST. The Quest for Three-Dimensionality. From Images of Architecture to Architecture of Images. THE PRESENT. The Electronic Revolution in Architecture. Solid and Digital Architecture. Virtual Reality. The Stuff VR Is Made Of. Architectural Design and Virtual Reality. WHO IS DOING WHAT? Architectural Applications and the Responsive Workbench. Architectural Realities: Virtual Reality Case Studies at Calibre Institute. Community and Environmental Design and Simulation: The CEDeS Lab at the University of Washington. Real Buildings and Virtual Spaces. THE FUTURE. A Few Observations about the Future of Architecture in a Digital World. A Few Hypotheses for Reconstructed Architecture. Index.

A Functional Architecture for Autonomous Driving

Abstract: As the Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) of self-driving vehicles increase, it is necessary to investigate the Electrical/Electronic(E/E) system architectures for autonomous driving, beyond proof-of-concept prototypes. Relevant patterns and anti-patterns need to be raised into debate and documented. This paper presents the principal components needed in a functional architecture for autonomous driving, along with reasoning for how they should be distributed across the architecture. A functional architecture integrating all the concepts and reasoning is also presented.

Systematic Integration of Variability into Product Line Architecture Design

Abstract: Product lines consider related products, their commonalities and their differences. The differences between the single products are also referred to as variability. Consequently, variability is inherent in every product line and makes a key difference as compared to single systems. While, on the requirements level, the methods for analyzing product line variability are understood today, their transition to architecture remains vague. Bringing variability to architecture as an "add-on" is just a provisional solution and forebodes the risk of violating other intentions. This paper presents a systematic approach to integrate variability with product line architecture design. In particular, it promotes variability as an architectural driver, embeds variability requirements in the architecture design framework "Quality-Driven Software Architecting" (QUASAR), and gives guidelines and examples for documenting variability in architectural views.

A history of architecture

Abstract: 19th edition of the work originally written by Sir Banister Fletcher of which a substantial part has been rewritten, updated and rearranged. The new material covers in particular the history of architecture in Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Far East and Australia. New chapters on 20th century architecture have also been added.