Building Meaning - An Architecture Studio Primer on Design, Theory, and History

Introduction 1. Context 2. Inhabitation 3. Building Organization 4. Form 5. Nature 6. Tectonics and Materiality 7. Representation 8. Design Methodologies

List of contents

1. Context 2. Inhabitation 3. Building Organization 4. Form 5. Nature 6. Tectonics and Materiality 7. Representation 8. Design Methodologies

About the author

Tamara Metz, adjunct professor in the Architectural Design Department at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, is an architectural educator with more than 20 years’ teaching experience. She previously taught both undergraduate and graduate studio courses, as well as advanced drawing and research seminars at Suffolk University, Roger Williams University, and the Boston Architectural Center. She studied architecture and philosophy as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, and went on to earn the Masters in Architecture degree, with honors, at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She has worked in top design offices, including (among others) those of Peter Rose + Partners and Brian Healy Architects.

Summary

Introduction 1. Context 2. Inhabitation 3. Building Organization 4. Form 5. Nature 6. Tectonics and Materiality 7. Representation 8. Design Methodologies

Product details

• Authors: Tamara Metz, Metz Tamara
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780367621575
• ISBN: 978-0-367-62157-5
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / Study & Teaching, History of Architecture, Theory of architecture