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Description for MOVE
Hardcover. Architects and engineers are engaging more and more with the issue of movement in architecture: How can we control and reduce the energy requirement of buildings? How can we expand the range of possible uses? And how can we represent, accommodate, and control dynamic movements in buildings? Num Pages: 248 pages, Approx. 240 p. 350 illus. in color, 500 drawings. BIC Classification: AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 247 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1523.
Dynamic components and adaptive elements are becoming increasingly important in contemporary architecture, and not just because of their visual effect. If architects and engineers are engaging more and more with the issue of movement - whether in the form of sun-tracking solar cells, lowerable walls, or intelligently programmed elevators - it's because they are busy exploring responses to three challenges: How can we control and reduce the energy requirement of buildings? How can we expand the range of possible uses? And how can we represent, illustrate, accommodate, and control dynamic movements in buildings? Designers and builders who seek to use ... Read more
Dynamic components and adaptive elements are becoming increasingly important in contemporary architecture, and not just because of their visual effect. If architects and engineers are engaging more and more with the issue of movement - whether in the form of sun-tracking solar cells, lowerable walls, or intelligently programmed elevators - it's because they are busy exploring responses to three challenges: How can we control and reduce the energy requirement of buildings? How can we expand the range of possible uses? And how can we represent, illustrate, accommodate, and control dynamic movements in buildings? Designers and builders who seek to use ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Birkhäuser Architecture
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
1522g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783764399863
SKU
V9783764399863
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Michael-Marcus Vogt
Michael Schumacher is a professor of design and construction at Leibniz University Hannover.
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