Cinematic Aided Design - An Everyday Life Approach to Architecture

Written by a world-renowned expert in the field, here he pioneers novel modes of investigations in the belief that the moving image provides us with new perceptual equipment to grasp the complexity of architectural and urban phenomena.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Case for Everydayness Part 1: Everydayness and Cinema 2. Introduction to Everydayness and Cinema 3. The Value of Fiction and the Role of Disruptions 4. Georges Perec & Chantal Akerman 5. Rhythmanalysis 6. Cinematic Typologies of the Everyday Part 2: An Architectonic of Cinema 7. Introduction 8. Windows 9. Doors 10. Stairs 11. Joining the Dots Part 3: Cinematic Aided Design 12. Towards a Cinematic Approach to Everyday Life and Architecture

About the author

Professor François Penz is the Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge, a former Director of The Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies and a Fellow of Darwin College. He directs the Digital Studio for Research in Design, Visualization and Communication. His current AHRC research project, 'A cinematic musée imaginaire of spatial cultural differences' (2017-2020), expands many of the ideas developed in this book to other cultures (China and Japan in particular), construing films of everyday life as a revelator of deep spatial cultural differences.

Summary

Written by a world-renowned expert in the field, here he pioneers novel modes of investigations in the belief that the moving image provides us with new perceptual equipment to grasp the complexity of architectural and urban phenomena.

Product details

• Authors: Francois Penz, François Penz, Francois (University of Cambridge Penz
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.08.2017
• EAN: 9780415639088
• ISBN: 978-0-415-63908-8
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Architectural structure & design, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, Theory of architecture, Architectural structure and design