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Alvar Aalto and the Future of Architecture Robert Cody

Alvar Aalto and the Future of Architecture By Robert Cody

Alvar Aalto and the Future of Architecture by Robert Cody


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Summary

This book exposes dialogue between history, theory, design, construction, technology, and sensory experience by means of digital simulations that enhance the assessment and values of our material choices, looking to Alvar Aalto as the primary protagonist for channeling discussions related to these topics.

Alvar Aalto and the Future of Architecture Summary

Alvar Aalto and the Future of Architecture by Robert Cody

- Bridges history, theory, design, construction, technology, and sensory experience by means of digital simulations that enhance the assessment and values of our material choices
- Uses the work of Aalto and selected contemporary architects, along with computer modeling software, to showcase the importance of comprehensive design
- Offers an expanded reading of Aalto's approach towards building technology and how these impacted choices in choosing material and form for culture and environment
- Includes 80 black and white illustrations

About Robert Cody

Robert Cody, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, is Partner at Amoia Cody Architecture, Professor of Practice, and Former Associate Dean and Chair at the New York Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design. For over 30 years, he has worked on projects from wood-frame houses to precast concrete office buildings, interior renovations to freestanding towers, design competitions to physical construction, and ecological design, to The Museum of Modern Art. Cody has practiced and taught architectural design theory, building construction, and architecture studios with particular concentration in the comprehensive design studio. He has coordinated and taught travel studios in Italy and Scandinavia. He has also been the New York Tech NCARB AXP Coordinator and AIAS Faculty Advisor since 2012.

Angela Amoia is Partner at Amoia Cody Architecture and Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture at the New York Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design. Amoia has practiced and taught history, theory, architecture studios, including the comprehensive design studio, and study abroad in Italy since graduating from Columbia University with a Master's degree in Advanced Architectural Design. Her role as project manager ranged in scale from skyscrapers to large-scale academic facilities and residential houses and loft buildings.

Table of Contents

Introduction-Alvar Aalto and the Future of Architecture 1. Topology-Design in Light of Place 2. Typology-Envelopment(s) of Space 3. Tectonics-Elements and Atmospheres 4. Technic-Flexibility and the New Standard 5. Thermodynamic-Health and Instruments of Sensation

Additional information

GOR013376474
9780367749736
0367749734
Alvar Aalto and the Future of Architecture by Robert Cody
Used - Like New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2022-09-09
240
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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