Overview

Combining the insights of designers, theorists, engineers and artists this book examines the cultural, aesthetic and political effects of mapping techniques on the fields of cultural production in art, science and architecture In recent years, new digital mapping techniques have begun to alter profoundly the ways in which we measure and represent space. In architecture, it is such techniques that have made possible such extraordinary structures as Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao. 3D scanning technology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Satellite Positioning Systems to mention just a few have produced unique visions of architecture and its environment. * Digital mapping is redefining the possibilities of architectural construction and is gaining importance throughout all aspects of science and art. * Cross-disciplinary contributions are featured, from engineers, designers, theorists and artists * Richly illustrated, including many extraordinary computer-generated images * Should also be an adoptable title, the author himself keen to adopt it for each of the four years through his course at Yale

Full Product Details

Author:   Mike Silver ,  Diana Balmori
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 20.10cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 26.00cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780470850763

ISBN 10:   0470850760
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   25 April 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. Preface (Robert A M Stern). Introduction Mapping in the Age of Digital Media (Mike Silver). Just in Time (Diane Balmori). Games, Mapping and Mediation (Branden Hookway). SKINS AND WALLS. Bodies Unfolding selfportrait.map (Lilla LoCurto and Bill Outcault). Refiguring the Figure Imaging the Body in Contemporary Art and Digital Media (Alicia Imperiale). Mapping Curves An Interview with James Glymph of Frank O Gehry and Associates (Mike Silver). MAPPING TIME. Networking Maps GIS, Virtualized Reality and the World Wide Web (Mike Silver and Diana Balmori). The Power of the Image to Promote Science (Eric Heller). Mapping Musical Space (Evan Jones). Motion--Mapping (Paul Kaiser). BELOW THE SURFACE. Rapt MRI Self--portraits (Justine Cooper). Subsurface Visualization An Interview with Duane Dopkin of Paradigm Geophysical (Mike Silver). Traces and Simulations (Mike Silver). Voxels An Interview with Julie Dorsey of Yale Universit y (Mike Silver). Conclusion Historical Perspectives on Representing and Transferring Spatial Knowledge (Denis Cosgrove). Contributor Biographies.

Reviews

...the concluding essay provides a valuable historical perspective... (Architectural Review, August 2003)

Author Information

MICHAEL SILVER is the Director of Digital Media at the Yale School of Architecture as well as a Lefevre Research Fellow for The Knowlton School of Architecture in Columbus, Ohio. He also directs The Office of Research and Development, a multidisciplinary design laboratory with extensive experience in the design of furnishings, consumer products, websites and buildings. The Office is committed to the precise alignment of advance technology, visionary consciousness, architectural theory, academic scholarship and the logitistics of building production, and carries out pioneering research in the field of digital mapping and architectural design. DIANA BALMORI founded landscape and urban design firm Balmori Associates Inc in 1990. Her work is particuarly geared to the design of urban public space. She teaches at the Yale School of Architecture and at the Yale School of the Environment, and has brought about courses joining the two. Her projects have been exhibited in the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), the Seventh Floor Gallery (New York City), Yale School of Architecture and Bard College.

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