Overview

Pulsation in Architecture highlights the role of digital design as the catalyst for a new spatial sensibility related to rhythmic perception. It proposes a novel critical reception of computational architecture based on the ability of digital design to move beyond mere instrumentality, and to engage with core aspects of the discipline: the generative engine of digital architecture reinvigorates a discourse of part-to-whole relationships through the lens of rhythmic affect. There is a paradigm shift in spatial perception due to the intense use of computational techniques and the capacity to morph massive amounts of data in spatial patterns; rhythm plays a pivotal role in the articulation of the topology of buildings, generating the atmospheric character that induces moods and throbbing sensations in space. Pulsation introduces the fundamental animate capacity of living form and reshapes our perception of architectural space across the multiple scales of a project, from digital inception to fabrication. An emerging thread of rhythmic sensibility loosely binds a survey of contemporary design practices, including contributions by Peter Eisenman, Jeff Kipnis, Greg Lynn, UNStudio, Preston Scott Cohen, Reiser + Umemoto, Asymptote, Ali Rahim, Hernan Diaz Alonso, Ruy Klein, Gage / Clemenceau, NOX, Evan Douglis Studio, kokkugia, and MONAD Studio.

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Author:   Eric Goldemberg
Publisher:   J Ross Publishing
Imprint:   J Ross Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.737kg
ISBN:  

9781604270235

ISBN 10:   1604270233
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   30 October 2011
Audience:   Adult education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Further / Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

A - ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS B - FOREWORDEric Goldemberg: Pulsation in ArchitectureC - CONFERENCE RECORD: Digital Pulse in ArchitectureSession1:Conference Introduction: Adam Drisin Ali Rahim / Contemporary Architecture Practice (Introduction: Eric Goldemberg) Jeffrey Kipnis: The Geneology of the Vector Primitive in Recent Architecture (Introduction: Eric Goldemberg) Q & A with A. Rahim and J. KipnisSession 2:Marcelo Spina / PATTERNS (Introduction: Alfredo Andia) David Ruy / Ruy Klein (Introduction: Alfredo Andia) Eric Goldemberg / MONAD Studio (Introduction: Alfredo Andia) Q & A with J. Kipnis, M. Spina, D. Ruy, E. GoldembergSession 3:Ferda Kolatan / su11 architecture + design (Introduction: John Stuart) Hernan Diaz Alonso / Xefirotarch (Introduction: John Stuart) Perry Hall (Introduction: John Stuart) Q & A with J. Kipnis, M. Spina, D. Ruy, F. Kolatan, E. Goldemberg, H. Diaz Alonso, P. HallD - RHIZOMATIC PULSEBenjamin H. Bratton and Ed Keller: Actually We Found More Than One Pulse, Sir... Mark Foster Gage: Architectural Form and the Subjugation of Concepts Eisenman Architects / Peter Eisenman EMBT/Enric Miralles - Benedetta Tagliabue Greg Lynn FORM / Greg Lynn RUR Architecture / Jesse Reiser + Nanako Umemoto Asymptote Architecture / Hani Rashid + Lise Anne Couture NOX / Lars Spuybroek Preston Scott Cohen / Preston Scott Cohen UNStudio / Ben van Berkel + Caroline Bos Archi-Tectonics / Winka Dubbeldam KOL/MAC / Sulan Kolatan + William MacDonald Evan Douglis Studio / Evan Douglis SPAN / Matias del Campo + Sandra Manninger Gage / Clemenceau Architects / Mark Foster Gage + Marc Clemenceau Bailly Bureau V / Peter Zuspan + Stella Lee + Alexander Pincus Cmmnwlth / David Boira + Zoe Boira Coombes Karim Rashid / Karim Rashid AUM Studio / Ed Keller + Carla Leitao kokkugia / Roland Snooks and Rob Stuart-Smith Minimaforms / Theodore Spyropoulos + Stephen Spyropoulos General Design Bureau / Ciro Najle Armando Montilla: Digital Nouveau: Revisiting the Vector, Systems of Symbiosis and the Nouveau Materiality Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa: Carlo Rainaldi's Post-Historical Suspension: Anticipating Cartopological Space Michael Young: The Limits of Control Juan Azulay: Notes for Five Coordinates to the Seam, A five-act playE - AFTERWORDEric Goldemberg: The Singularities of Rhythmic AffectF - INDEX

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Pulsation in Architecture makes a very strong case, as the title suggests, for not only movement in architecture-whirling, swirling, curling and more-but for a movement in architecture as well. Eric Goldemberg's selection of architects and their works captures a constellation of architectural ideas hurtling along the vector of digital innovation like proton beams in the Large Hadron Collider. While many of these designers are quite well known in their own right, Goldemberg's compilation suggests greater global affinities than might otherwise be supposed. In addition to a shared devotion to the opportunities created by the digital revolution, certain common formal characteristics abound, raising the chicken-and-the-egg question of which is driving which. Jeffrey Kipnis plays the role of wise man in this regard, articulating and synthesizing the myriad ideas put forth at the 2008 Digital Pulse Conference that served as a catalyst for this book. Goldemberg displays an equally thorough overview of the world of pulsing architecture. He is generous enough intellectually to also see the work from the respective designers' points of view, which include those of Peter Eisenman, Preston Scott Cohen, Greg Lynn, RUR (Reiser + Umemoto), UNStudio, Asymptote, EMBT/Miralles-Tagliabue, Hernan Diaz Alonso, Ali Rahim, Karim Rashid and others. In doing so, Goldemberg tells us not only what he thinks, but in many ways helps clarify the thinking of a generation of designers as well as our own. -Terence Riley, Architect

Author Information

Eric Goldemberg holds a Masters of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University and a Professional Degree from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has taught at Florida International University (FIU) since 2006 as an Assistant Professor and is the Digital Design Coordinator of the Architecture Department. He has taught at Columbia University, Pratt Institute, and New York Institute of Technology. Goldemberg worked in New York for Peter Eisenman as senior designer for the City of Culture of Galicia, as well as heading several international competitions at that firm.

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