Architecture In Use: An Introduction to the Programming, Design and Evaluation of Buildings - Softcover

Van Der Voordt, DJM; Van Wegen, HBR

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750664576 ISBN 13: 9780750664578

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

This unique book discusses programming, design and building evaluation providing a 'joined up' approach to building design. By linking the functional and architectonic qualities of a building, the authors show the practical implications of the utility value of buildings.
Starting by looking at how the relationship between form and function has been dealt with by different approaches to architecture from a historical perspective, it goes on to discuss how the desired functional quality and utility value of a building can be expressed in a brief and given a physical form by the architect. Finally, it advises on how to carry out post-occupancy evaluation and provides the architect with methods and techniques for testing whether the intended utility value of a building has been achieved.

* Learn to fully understand the relationship between function and form.
* Discover the link between design methodology and research and their impact on the design brief.
* Discover how to evaluate buildings and apply the findings to future designs.

About this title

Book Description:

This unique book discusses programming, design and building evaluation providing a ‘joined up’ approach to building design

Review:

"Explicitly addressed to architecture students, [the book] takes a bold stab at making notions that are often expressed in vague terms concrete...It succeeds in driving home the point that, where architecture is concerned form that poorly serves function is no tonic, architectural or otherwise, for anyone." - Civil Engineering

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0750664576
• ISBN 13: 9780750664578
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252