MICROSCOPIC DESIGNING METHODOLOGY

Description

A new addition in the series Contemporary Architects Concept, this volume deals with “microscopic observation” by Hiroshi Nakamura. This is an approach which recognizes a phenomenon as a minute motion of small elements, not the whole taken together. Since modern architecture has aimed to supply vast quantities of dwellings and offices, in response to the architectural demands that arose during two world wars and the period of high-growth, there was no choice but to abstract and standardize individuals. This was macroscopic design, and was completely opposed to a microscopic approach. This book is composed of four chapters: Body, Material, Nature and Society, introducing the details of microscopic designs for each chapter.

CONTENTS

Introduction Microscopic Designing Methodology
1. Body

• Looking at the human body in minute detail
• A Mutual Action of Human Behavior and Architecture
• Colors on the Borders of Perception
• Decoration＝Design of Gaze
• Imagined Spaces

2. Materials

• Something proximate to human beings
• Micromotion at the Micron Scale
• The Quake of Air
• The Fine Texture of Structure

3. Nature

• Observe the natural environment with unprecedented accuracy
• Behaviors of Trees
• Motion of Light
• Corporeity of a Nest

4. Society

• Thinking of Society from the Viewpoint of the Human Body
• Cooperating Corporeity
• Circuration Movement
• Sharing Rhythm
• Resonance of Small Action

160 pages, ills colour / 15 x 21 cm / Japanese, English