Interdisciplinary Design: New Lessons from Architecture and Engineering English edition

Jacket Description/Flap: New perspectives in architectural and engineering interactionTable of Contents: Foreword, GSD Faculty / TBDRe-designing Attitudes, Hanif KaraEssay, Andreas GeorgouliasProjects as Case Studies, Collaborators as ContributersHighcross Department Store and Cineplex, Leicester, UK. Foreign Office ArchitectsRavensbourne College, London. Foreign Office ArchitectsUK Pavilion, Shanghai Expo 2010. Heatherwick StudioTitle TBC, Katerina Dionysopoulou, Heatherwick StudioSouthern Ridges Bridge. IJP Corporation / RSP architectsSingapore Weather Report 2004-05, George L. Legendre, IJP CorporationHeelis - National Trust HQ. Feilden Clegg Bradley StudiosOn Heelis: The role played by environmental engineers, Guy Nevill, Max FordhamMasdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi. Foster & PartnersThe Role of the Client in the Design of Sustainable Developments, Chris C. L. Wan, Manager City Design, Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Phaeno Science Centre, Wolfsburg, Germany. Zaha Hadid ArchitectsKaro Masterplan, Sofia. Zaha Hadid ArchitectsDesign the Cloud, Christos Passos, Zaha Hadid ArchitectsAdelaide Wharf. Allford Hall Monaghan MorrisCollaboration as a working process, Morag Tait, AHMMQueen Mary Student Housing. Fielden Clegg Bradley StudiosClimate Comfort Collaboration, Ian Taylor, FCB StudiosExplorations and SpeculationsNow and Future: An Essay on Architect-Engineer Collaboration, Fai Au GSDHow The Architect Found The Engineer, Svetlana Potapova, MITDeath of the Star Architect, Jennifer Bonner, GSDSurfing the Wave, Murat Mutlu, MITForms that change due to new Processes, Processes that change due to new Forms, Dimitris Papanikolaou, MITStructure as an Architectural Intervention, Sabrina Leon, Harvard GSDFORM FINDING "the engineer approach," Fernando Pereira Mosqueira, MITAlgorithms in Design: Uses, Limitations, and Development, Lee-Su Huang, GSDIntegrated Design: A Computational Approach to the Structural and Architectural Design of DiagridStructures, Jessica Sundberg, MITDesign for Disassembly: Closing the Materials Loop without Sacrificing Form, Scott Silverstein, MITEnhancing Prefabrication, Sylvia Feng GSDTools: their Role and their Accuracy- in Sustainable Design, Azadeh Omidfar, GSDInterdisciplinary Collaboration: A (re)new(ed) paradigm in design practice, Advait Sambhare, GSDBehind the curtains: Backstage, Burak Pekoglu, MITTowards a New Sobriety: rebel engineering with a cause, Evangelos Kotsioris, GSDInterdisciplinary Design SynthesisGSD Lite - Francisco Izquierdo, Giorgi Khamaladze, Jarrad Morgan, Stephanie MorrisonOpen House - Cara Liberatore, Lesley Mctague, Anthony SullivanJewel box - Vera Baranova, Sophia Chang, Bernard PengBridge Gallery - Danxi Zou, Song He, Bo FengCenter for Advanced Architecture - Andrew Pedron, Nathan Shobe, Tristie TajimaHarvard M. O. D. E. - Travis Bost, Werner Van VuurenRe-fabrication - Charles Harris, Ji Seok ParkDouble Shell - YueYue Wang, Hailong Wu, Zhu WuBrief Description: Interdisciplinary Design began as a course at Harvard GSD attended by graduate students in architecture and also by MIT graduate students in structural engineering and computation. In this course students and instructors examined a series of built projects in order to develop new viewpoints and communication across disciplinary boundaries in teaching, practice and construction. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references.; Interdisciplinary Design began as a course at Harvard GSD attended by graduate students in architecture and also by MIT graduate students in structural engineering and computation. In this course students and instructors examined a series of built projects in order to develop new viewpoints and communication across disciplinary boundaries in teaching, practice and construction.

Contributor Bio:  Kara, Hanif Hanif Kara is design director and co-founder of London-based structural engineering practice Adams Kara Taylor (AKT II). He has taught design internationally, is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Architecture Foundation and was a commissioner for CABE from 2008-2011 (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment). He is currently a visiting professor of Architectural Technology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and teaches design at GSD Harvard.