1st Edition
Interpreting Site Studies in Perception, Representation, and Design
By Genevieve Baudoin
Copyright 2016
188 Pages
118 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
188 Pages
118 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
188 Pages
118 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Interpreting Site explains the basic methods architects use to translate what you perceive to represent the complex conditions that physically and mentally "construe" a site, helping to shape the ultimate design. Within each of the four themes---defining site, experiencing site, spatializing site, and systematizing site--- theoretical, conceptual, and analytic methods and representational... Read more
Acknowledgements. Foreword Christopher Mead. Introduction. Section 1: Defining Site 1. The Diagram 2. The Site Plan 3. Case Study: El Molinete, Cartagena, Spain Section 2: Experiencing Site 4. Composite Montage 5. Topography 6. Case Study: White House, Lake of the Ozarks, USA Section 3: Spatializing Site 7. Figure Ground 8. Comparative Analysis 9. Case Study: Photographer’s Gallery, London, UK Section 4: Systemizing Site 10. Flow 11. Infrastructural Networks 12. Case Study: Trollstigplatået, Trollstigen, Norway Afterword. Bibliography. Image Credits. Further Reading. Index
Biography
Genevieve S. Baudoin is an Assistant Professor at the College of Architecture, Planning and Design at Kansas State University, in Manhattan, Kansas, USA. She is also a registered architect in the state of New Mexico, and the co-founder of the collaborative design practice Dual Ecologies.
"A book that contemplates drawing and representation as means of conceiving place through site is unprecedented and timely." - Bruce Johnson, Assistant Professor, The University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design and Planning, USA
