Architecture's Model Environments by Lisa Moffitt

Architecture's Model Environments by Lisa Moffitt

An exploration of the architectural model as a tool for design speculation in history.

Making innovative use of the distilling lens of the architectural model, Architecture's Model Environments is a novel and far-reaching exploration of the many dialogues buildings have with their environmental surroundings. Expanding on histories of building technology, the book sheds new light on how physical models, conventionally understood as engineering experimentation devices, enable architectural design speculation. The book begins with a catalog of ten original model prototypes--of wind tunnels, water tables, and filling boxes--and is the first of its kind to establish an architectural approach to fabricating such environmental models. Subsequent chapters feature three precedent models that have been largely overlooked within the wider oeuvres of their authors: French polymath tienne-Jules Marey's wind tunnels, Hungarian-American architects Victor and Alad r Olgyay's thermoheliodon, and Scottish chemist and building ventilation expert David Boswell The Ventilator Reid's test tube convection experiments. Moving between historic moments and the present day, between case studies and original prototypes, the book reveals the potent ability of models, as both physical artifacts and mental ideals, to reflect prevailing cultural views about the world and to even reshape those views.

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ISBN 13	9781800084094
ISBN 10	1800084099
Title	Architecture's Model Environments
Author	Lisa Moffitt
Series	Design Research In Architecture
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	UCL Press
Year published	2023-02-20
Number of pages	246
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