Description:
Computer-aided design
Today, it is hard to imagine the everyday work in
an architectural practice without computers. Bits and bytes play an
important role in the design and presentation of architecture. The book,
which is published in the context of an exhibition of the same name of
the Architekturmuseum der TUM at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich,
for the first time considers - in depth - the development of the digital
in architecture.
In four chapters, it recounts this intriguing
history from its beginnings in the 1950s through to today and presents
the computer as a drawing machine, as a design tool, as a medium for
telling stories, and as an interactive communication platform. The basic
underlying question is simple: Has the computer changed architecture?
And if so, by how much?
- First comprehensive overview of the history of the computer in architecture
- Publication in support of the exhibition of the Architekturmuseum der TUM
- 40 case studies with more than 200 historic images
Review Quotes:
"Flipping through the case studies in each chapter is like quickly moving forward in time, from colored lines on black backgrounds and rudimentary wireframes in the 1980s, to now awkward-looking blobs from the late 1990s and today's hyperrealistic renderings that might look awkward to future generations. [...] Although this book is far from technical, architects interested in the evolution of architecture at the hands of CAD and other software should like this historical overview of a period of dramatic change."
John Hill, on archidose blogspot, October 2020
https: //archidose.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-architecture-machine.html