How must design studies be structured in order to not only keep pace with the changes in the economy and society but also to shape them? How much artificial intelligence and coding must be conveyed during studies? This book documents five years of international research on these questions, which 250 designers participated in worldwide. Text in English and German.

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The fiercely social and vigorously innovative Mei realizes trend-setting buildings in the Netherlands and abroad. This Rotterdam-based architecture firm has built up an idiosyncratic oeuvre in which respect for the environment is central.

This first overview shows works of the past 25 years. From the 1995 modular Smarthouse to the wooden residential building Sawa that is currently being developed: they all display a fascination with intelligent building...

De westerse architectuur van David Watkin is inmiddels een veel gebruikt handboek voor opleidingen en een naslagwerk voor geïnteresseerden. Deze nieuwe editie is grondig herzien en uitgebreid. Door het hele boek heen zijn plattegronden, doorsnedes en stedenbouwkundige situaties toegevoegd, waardoor de bruikbaarheid voor het onderwijs is verhoogd.

‘Watkins meeslepende beschrijvingen en zorgvuldig uitgekozen beeldmateriaal maken De westerse architectuur tot een van de meest leesbare en boeie...

Within architecture, tacit knowledge plays a substantial role both within the design process and its reception. This book explores the tacit dimension of architecture in its aesthetic, material, cultural, design-based, and reflexive understanding of what we build. Much of architecture’s knowledge resides beneath the surface, in nonverbal instruments such as drawings and models that articulate the spatial imagination of the design process. Tacit knowledge, described in 1966 by Michael Polany...