Digital Vernacular - Architectural Principles, Tools, and Processes

List of contents

Forewords by Branko Kolarevic and Michelangelo Sabatino  Preface  Acknowledgements  Introduction  1. Origins of the Digital Vernacular  1.1 On Origins  1.2 The Digital  1.3 The Vernacular  1.4 The Maker  2. Principles of the Digital Vernacular  2.1 On Principles  2.2 Place and Time  2.3 Evolution and Sufficiency  2.4 Logic and Limits  2.5 Play and Innovation  3. Tools of the Digital Vernacular  3.1 On Tools 3.2 Tool Evolution  3.3 Walk-In Toolbox  3.4 Discovery and Acceptance  3.5 Tool-Making  3.6 Open Source, Hacking, and Shopping Around  3.7 3-D Printer  3.8 Laser Cutter  3.9 CNC Mill  4. Processes of the Digital Vernacular  4.1 On Process 4.2 Guiding Precedent  4.3 Defining Proposition  4.4 Fabricating Preference  4.5 Removing  4.6 Joining  4.7 Forming  4.8 Adding  5. Evolutions of the Digital Vernacular  Image Credits  End Notes  Index

Summary

Digital Vernacular addresses the why and how of digital fabrication in hundreds of step-by-step color images, illuminating a set of working principles and techniques that join theory with practice.

Product details

• Authors: Ralph Nelson, Nelson Ralph, James Stevens, James (Lawrence Technological University Stevens, Stevens James
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2015
• EAN: 9781138017139
• ISBN: 978-1-138-01713-9
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; The arts: general issues, ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Architectural structure & design, ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Reference, The environment, Industrial / commercial art & design, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Architectural structure and design, The arts: general topics