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Taylor and Francis Ltd Exercises in Architecture 2nd Edition 2022 by Unwin, Simon
Offers student architects a series of exercises aimed at developing a particular theme or area of architectural capacity, developing the readers capacity to 'do' architecture. _x000D_The exercises deal with themes such as place-making, learning through drawing, framing, storyboarding, light, aleatoric design, uses of geometry, stage setting, eliciting emotional responses, the genetics of detail. _x000D_Beautifully illustrated with over 700 hand drawn illustrations by the author._x000D_ _x000D_
Prelude: the essence of architecture Introduction Section 1: fundamentals Exercise 1: the substance without substance Exercise 2: flipping perceptions Exercise 3: axis (and its denial) Exercise 4: doorway places Section 2: geometry Exercise 5: alignment Exercise 6: anthropometry Exercise 7: social geometry Exercise 8: geometry of making Exercise 9: geometry of planning Exercise 10: ideal geometry Exercise 11: axial symmetry Exercise 12: playing with geometry Section 3: out into the real world Exercise 13: making places in the landscape Exercise 14: making places just by being Exercise 15: geometry of making Exercise 16: responding to conditions Exercise 17: framing atmospheres Exercise 18: measured drawing Exercise 19: setting down space-time rules Section 4: additional exercises Exercise 20: place descriptions in literature Exercise 21: architecture without sight Exercise 21: eliciting an emotional response Exercise 22: framing Acknowledgements Bibliography Index_x000D_